Incubating Goose Eggs - please help!!!!

[Anonymous]

Hi, Ive incubated duck eggs before but now I'm trying out geese eggs.

Firstly I'm using a Brinsea Eco 20 Automatic Incubator. The eggs have been in since 21st March 2010. Im stressing about two things

1) I'm not totaly convinced that ive loaded the eggs right - does anyone have one of these incubators??

2) I've candled the egss today and I'm concerned - most of the eggs seem to have black matter inside but only on one side like theyre not turning properly - please help!!

Regards

Vicki

 

[Davidd]

Hi Vicki, at 8 days or so then the embryo will be at one side- this is normal- as for your incy i don't know- do you have them on their sides? Goose eggs should always be incubated on their sides -not point down- seems like all is ok if they are developing
regards, David

 

[Anonymous]

Hi David, I'm concerned about the incy coz the last one I used rotated the duck eggs by pushing them slowly along the base of the incy. With this new one it just tips it from side to side so im not that convinced!! Maybe I'm just worrying over nothing, I get very stressed who hatching!!

Thanks for the reply tho and fingers crossed!!

Vicki

 

[Anonymous]

Hi.

Your incubator is fine!

I did exactly the same thing, went from one that rotated them from a 'conveyor belt' at the bottom to one that tilted side to side. I hatched American Buff goose eggs in it last year & they came out ok!

They are harder to tell if fertile than chicken eggs, I was convinced mine weren't last year - then they got darker & darker.

Good luck, hope they hatch.

 

[Tim]

Yes, sounds fine to me too. Different manufacturers tilt eggs in different ways.

Sounds like they are developing correctly.

Tim