![]() ![]() Yay! You hear little peeps coming from the incubator and notice one or more of the eggs have a tiny crack (external pip) in the shell. Basically just don’t touch the eggs! Hatching Moving the eggs during this time can result in the goslings failing to get in the proper position to hatch. At this point opening the incubator can cause dangerous humidity drops that can result in your babies being shrink-wrapped (membrane dries on them and they can’t move to hatch). This is where you increase humidity and stop messing with the eggs until they’ve hatched. You’ll need to place your eggs into lock down on day 26. I know, that’s quite a range! Almost all of my goslings end up hatching on day 32, but sometimes I have some hatch earlier or later. Geese need to incubate for anywhere between 28 to 35 days. The cooling and misting process mimics when the mother goose gets off the nest and returns wet from a swim. From days 22-25, the eggs should be cooled for 20 minutes. ![]() On days 15 – 21, eggs should be cooled for 15 minutes. Place back in the warm incubator after the 10 minutes has elapsed. Take the eggs out of the incubator, mist lightly with cool water, and then allow the eggs to cool for 10 minutes. ![]() Starting at day 8, waterfowl eggs benefit from daily cooling and misting. Learn how to tell the gender of your geese with this handy post. I use this temperature and humidity gauge. Decrease humidity if the air cells/weight are showing that you’re losing moisture too slow.Increase humidity if the air cells/weight are showing that you’re losing moisture too fast.You’ll be looking for an overall weight loss of 16%.Īir cell sizes for chicken, turkey, and waterfowl eggs by days of incubation. It’s best to track air cell size by tracing the outline of the air cell at your weekly candling OR you can weigh the egg(s) weekly to make sure they’re losing weight properly. So how do you know what to keep your humidity at? Most experienced hatchers find it’s often way too high! Use the scientific answer as a starting point only!įor my own hatching in a humid climate, I need to run the incubator around 30% humidity for the first 26 days and then increase it to about 60% for hatching. Our homes are not laboratories and you can expect your humidity to be different. The scientific, laboratory-condition answer is about 55% for incubation and about 75% for hatching. The humidity levels you need will vary greatly depending on your local and household climate. Once they have internally pipped they will start using their lungs to breathe air. After lock down you should lower the temp to 98-99F to increase the oxygen levels for the goslings. Goose eggs need to be incubated at 99.5F for the duration of incubating with a forced air incubator or 100.5F for a still air incubator. If you’re on a tight budget, you could try making an incubator! Temperature for Incubating Goose Eggs That type of Brinsea is no longer made – the newer version is here. I use this (relatively) cheap and easy-to-clean incubator for hatching. My preferred incubator for the actual incubation process is a trusty old Brinsea Octagon 20, which can fit up to 9 goose eggs. The eggs need to be kept on their sides during incubation and should never be placed upright in an incubator. When you’re ready to start incubating the eggs you can place them under a broody or into your incubator. Goose eggs should be stored lying flat and not upright in a carton. Simply turn the eggs so either the X or O shows, whichever was previously facing down. You will have poorer hatching rates from refrigerated eggs, but better than if they were stored at room temperature for a longer period of time.Įggs should be turned a minimum of 3 times daily before you set them in an incubator or under a broody. If you need to collect eggs for a longer period of time the eggs are best stored in a fridge until you need to hatch them. You can collect eggs and store them at room temperature for up to 10 days. Use a pencil to label the eggs with the date and mark one side with an X and the other with an O. Goose eggs should be collected daily for incubating in an incubator. Read on to learn all about hatching goose eggs! Goose Egg Collection and Storage Goslings make up for their difficult hatching by being incredibly easy to raise. Ideally, the incubating is left to a hen, duck, goose, or other broody bird, but luck doesn’t always provide a broody when you need one. Geese can be difficult to incubate and hatch compared to chickens and ducks. If you click through and make a purchase I will receive a commission at no extra cost to you. ![]()
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