What in the World Am I Looking at? (Goose Eggs)

[ColtHandorf]

So I’ve got some shipped goose eggs in the incubator. What in the world am I looking at?

One egg:

Another egg:

According to my calculations they should t hatch for another week. Are these drawing down to pip? Do I need to move them to a hatcher?

@Pyxis @MGG @Iain Utah

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[Pyxis]

Saddled air cells, caused by shipping. Not drawing down yet

 

[MGG]

So I’ve got some shipped goose eggs in the incubator. What in the world am I looking at?

One egg: View attachment 2606544View attachment 2606545

Another egg:
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According to my calculations they should t hatch for another week. Are these drawing down to pip? Do I need to move them to a hatcher?

@Pyxis @MGG @Iain Utah

Feel free to tag anyone else that could help.

I agree with Pyxis, they're just wonky air cells from shipping. They're looking good though! I hope you have a great hatch! I'm hatching goose eggs soon too.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Awesome! Anything I should be worried about as they get closer to hatching?

 

[MGG]

Awesome! Anything I should be worried about as they get closer to hatching?

What breed are they?
Not really, just keep watching and waiting for internal pips! And don't worry, they take forever
to hatch. Like 30-48 hours from extetnally pipping, even longer sometimes. They're so slow. But they're really good, strong hatchers.

 

[ColtHandorf]

American Geese. Blue, Lavender, and Buff running together.

 

[MGG]

American Geese. Blue, Lavender, and Buff running together.

Those will be so pretty!!! Blues are my favorite.

 

[Iain Utah]

Colt, I'm sorry to say those eggs do not look good. To me, the first egg will likely not hatch as it is not positioned correctly. The other egg may hatch, but will have challenges as it also not ideal positioning.

Fyi, for those who are setting eggs with detached or wonky aircells, the best way to encourage proper positioning is to incubate them upright (with ever so slight angle to rotate), forcing the air pocket to be trapped at the top.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Colt, I'm sorry to say those eggs do not look good. To me, the first egg will likely not hatch as it is not positioned correctly. The other egg may hatch, but will have challenges as it also not ideal positioning.

Booo! That's not what I wanted to hear. Is there anything I can do at this point to help them out?

Fyi, for those who are setting eggs with detached or wonky aircells, the best way to encourage proper positioning is to incubate them upright (with ever so slight angle to rotate), forcing the air pocket to be trapped at the top.

So these were incubated upright, not on their side. Perhaps the turner was operating at too steep of an angle for the shipped eggs.

 

[Iain Utah]

You may get lucky and the gosling will eventually turn into a better position in the next few days. I've seen all sorts of crazy things over the years. But I can't think of anything you can do to help. I hope you have other eggs? It is still early in the season.