Toulouse goose eggs-first time hatching

[MagsC]

I am glad you started this thread.

Writing down more of what I should do once the goose eggs get here! (I have three Chinese and four mixed eggs on their way). Sigh, patience? Good to be forewarned!

Nicki, I hope you see veins in another week!

 

[nickori]

I hope I do too. I love this forum. There is so much information out there. So many different ways to do things. You just read, write and take a little from each. it is awesome. this hatching thing is so addicting.

Nicki

 

[adrian]

Hey, everyone. I'm new here but saw this thread and although it is a little old, thought I'd post a reply to it. I, too, am incubating goose eggs - a whole lot of them. I currently have 7 african, 6 pilgrim and 2 snow goose (not wild but domestically kept birds) eggs in the incubator. It's quite a huge batch but they were just set 3 days ago and I don't think all of them are fertile, or will even develop. Some of the african eggs are older than desirable when I picked them up.

I'm going to start misting on day 4, and am turning 5 whopping times a day.

I've hatched embdens successfully in the past with the same incubator and same methods, so wish me luck.

Also, I'd love to be kept updated on everyone else's eggs.


- Adrian

 

[nickori]

So, I am at day 29 with my eggs. About 5 days ago, my cat got in the room and knocked the lid off during the night. The room temp according to the thermometer was 84. I put the lid back on and warmed them back up again. I candled them two days ago and see nice air cells in them. How long do I wait before giving up on them?

Nicki

 

[CrazyFowlFreak]

I don't know, I'm on day 13 and still see nothing but dark masses that take up almost half the egg with no veining. Mine are Toulouse, too. We'll see, right?

 

[NancyP]

Hi all I just put 6 goose eggs in my incubator yesterday. I found this post I am using as a reference. hope it helps some of you. I look forward to hearing how your hatches go. This is my first ever hatch so I am very nervous.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=15806-goose-egg-hatching

 

[adrian]

I would like to say that humidity should be lowered before and during internal pipping, but raised when external pipping begins. This is why it is so helpful to have a separate incubator and hatcher. Babies can drown in accumulated liquid in the air cell if the humidity is too high during internal pipping. I am going to be buying a hovabator electronic thermostat model this weekend, and using my current model (without electronic thermostat) as a hatcher instead. My eggs are due to hatch around June 10 - 12.

I would also like to say - I use a powerful LED flashlight for my eggs. Make sure it's a big flashlight, as well. With that, you should easily be able to see veins.

Good luck, everyone.

 

[nickori]

Well, at day 36 I could take it no longer. I opened the eggs. The ones who developed were dead. I dont know if it was the cat incident mentioned above that caused it or something else. I am sad none the less. Good luck with all of yours. Maybe I will try again some time, but at $30 a shot, I cant experiment too much.

 

[yuanLiJulia]

Hey, everyone. I'm new here but saw this thread and although it is a little old, thought I'd post a reply to it. I, too, am incubating goose eggs - a whole lot of them. I currently have 7 african, 6 pilgrim and 2 snow goose (not wild but domestically kept birds) eggs in the incubator. It's quite a huge batch but they were just set 3 days ago and I don't think all of them are fertile, or will even develop. Some of the african eggs are older than desirable when I picked them up.

I'm going to start misting on day 4, and am turning 5 whopping times a day.

I've hatched embdens successfully in the past with the same incubator and same methods, so wish me luck.

Also, I'd love to be kept updated on everyone else's eggs.


- Adrian

do you incubate with eggs lying on the side or with point up or down?