well I'm getting close..

[Yetti]

To hatching some eggs!



this took about 2 hours to build. it has a 60 watt bulb to heat with and a second thermometer laying on the eggs. I try and keep it around 90-99f and have a dish of water with sponge to keep moisture content up. I have 22 eggs as of yesterday. some are as fresh as that and others are about 26-28 days
I have several that are showing fixed air cells and I have marked them so as not to flip anymore. let me know if you think I need to do more at this point.

 

[crazy goose lover]

Good luck! Keep us posted.

 

[Yetti]

one of the five I had marked as set went bad I think? it was oozing yellow and stunk bad. fired it into the neighbors yard with a good toss and it exploded on a pine tree. figured down wind was the best way to get rid of it lol. current count is holding at 22

 

[Yetti]

well I have one that the air cell went black? any ideas? I do not know how long its been like that, maybe a day or so?

 

[Yetti]

ooh boy bad day! I came home to see the temp in the bator over a 105*f it was way to hot. the temp in the barn shot up and the bator shot up cause nobody was around to open it. I hope I didn't cook the little buggers

 

[psue]

ooh boy bad day! I came home to see the temp in the bator over a 105*f it was way to hot. the temp in the barn shot up and the bator shot up cause nobody was around to open it. I hope I didn't cook the little buggers

candle after they cool down and see if they still look viable, is my best guest.

 

[Yetti]

I lost the air cell on one. hard to say with the rest? the one that failed was dead center in the rear where it would be warmest. others looked like the air cell is receding normal? hard to say this soon.

I dropped the wattage of the bulb from 60 to 40watt. its just to hot in spurts right now. it hit 82 yesterday while we were gone, think that what shot the bater up so high? the 40 is doing fine at keeping up while its 75* in the barn. even have the lid vented today as its supposed to hit 85* again

 

[Yetti]

well after a couple days of watching eggs I lost another air cell. I have a couple that look like they are about 25-28 days along. no signs of piping yet? had another form a crack at the mid point on the shell and start stinking/ not sure what it was doing but it was drawing flies into the incubator. I tossed them both. at this point I still have birds dropping eggs. one keeps dropping the thin skinned soft eggs and the other one is late bloomer, she has been dropping steady for about 6 weeks, most of whats in the bater now are hers.

I am lost at whats going on now? as for humidity and temps for these guys, need advise as where I am at and what I should be looking for at this point to help them along.

 

[Yetti]

well not sure where I'm at with this mess? I have eggs that are still incubating that are well past 30 days? no piping yet and hard to say whats viable and whats not? any tips at this point are needed.

 

[psue]

well not sure where I'm at with this mess? I have eggs that are still incubating that are well past 30 days? no piping yet and hard to say whats viable and whats not? any tips at this point are needed.

I have no exerience with the type of incubator your using. I candle often... keep incubating temps about 99 and humidity about 40.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491013/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed this is the best goose information I know of.

good luck