NEED HELP FAST! RE: RESCUED GOOSE EGG!!

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I am needing someone with excellent experience to provide me with the best solution for my problem.. and quickly!
I will try to give you the main details. I am NOT experienced at all in this. I rescued a goose egg from a nest where it had been sat on for about 4 days (since 3-17). The nest was destroyed and abandoned. I put the egg in a still air incubator on 3-21. The egg was clear inside. I read online on several websites what humidity and what temp to set it at. 55-60% humidity and 99.5% temp. Although the temp dropped a couple degrees off and on. I did that for the first 20 days along with daily cooling, spraying, and turning. Then I was told my air cell was too small so I dropped the humidity to 34-40% and extended cooling time. That did not help. I took a video of me candeling day 26 and was told that it looked underdeveloped. I have not been able to get help after that. As of yesterday I have stopped turning or cooling. Still spraying. Raised temp to 100 and humidity is the same. I candled it last night and there is movement but not alot. Still not a big aircell. So the questions I so desperatly need answered is the following:
1. if it is underdeveloped because my temp was too low possibly at times, does that mean that I extend out the days PAST the 27th day and continue the same process. Then maybe start the hatching process around day 29-30?
2. If there is a small air cell is it possible at all for the baby to internally pip?
3. Do I continue turning, spraying, and cooling now? Day 28?
4. Please can someone tell me what to do now (day 28) thru the last day? And when is the last day?
5. If it is still alive on the last day.. can I try to save it somehow?

I am afraid my baby bird is dying right in front of me and I have no experience on how to save it. Please can someone respond? I will include the picts I took three days ago (nothing has changed in the air cell since) and here is the video http://youtu.be/15e6fA13P1o. (hope you can see it).

Thank you.
 

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The gooseling may need more time,so be patient and do not panic.I have send you video to my friend,she has expirience i that matter will wait what dhe going to say and let you know.As egg was chilled when you have rescued it it may nee 1-2 days extra,so be patient
 
thank you. I did the water test and it moved some. Please let me know what your friends says. Im sorry its not a better video. Thank you again.
 
hey, id just like to say,dont mess around with the egg too much especially in the last few days, since its due to hatch its probably too late to change all your settings, hes still alive so what youve done has obviously worked. Now leave the egg alone, sit back and be patient! All looks good to me! goodluck.
 
My friend could not see the egg propely,but she said air sack shoud take1/3 on the side of the egg.They hatch after 28 days so be patient and wait.You should live it alone as bex46 said and let the nature take its course.Finger crossed hope all go well:)
 
Think you will find Gooseegg that your calculated days are out anyway. The first day is day zero, next day is day 1 which is one day elapsed. The egg will have gone cold and had to warm up again so that's another day lost on the count, perhaps two. They can be a few days late anyway so you could easily be 4 days away. As said, leave the egg alone, it shouldn't be moved now and the incubator closed. 40% humidity and then 60% when it pips. Good luck.
 
thank you. My two year old has helped me take care of it since I rescued it. He's waiting with me. Im hoping its turns out well but i don't have alot of hope mostly because the air cell is so small. But I will keep my fingers crossed and wait.
 
chrismahon said:
Think you will find Gooseegg that your calculated days are out anyway. The first day is day zero, next day is day 1 which is one day elapsed. The egg will have gone cold and had to warm up again so that's another day lost on the count, perhaps two. They can be a few days late anyway so you could easily be 4 days away. As said, leave the egg alone, it shouldn't be moved now and the incubator closed. 40% humidity and then 60% when it pips. Good luck.
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thank you.
 
Before hatching they make chirping noise so you will know that it getting ready to come out.Good luck:)
 
Do not turn? Do not spray? Leave it be. correct? And then I won't need to bother you guys again. thank you.
 
Yes, that's right. Any fiddling you do now will only make things worse.
 
Think I know whats wrong. I had the egg pointed small side down during incubation. I didn't know goose eggs did better when they were laid flat. So I am almost sure the baby is malpositioned. I have read that this is not good and most of them die. So in addition to a small air cell, which is getting a bit bigger now?, it is malpositioned (I think). Here is a video. You can see movement for sure.. but its "stuck" and it doesn't feel up the whole egg. Its right against the aircell. Any thoughts? Day 30 today I think? Incubated on the 21st. Possible too low temp problem during incubation? Should the dark part of the egg (baby) be sitting toward the bottom or stuck on the top. Right now its been sitting for several days with the dark part on the top?
http://youtu.be/R8wJ7VtdQMg
 
Have you been turning it three times a day Gooseegg? It should be against the aircell ready to punch through the membrane and get air before pipping. So it doesn't look wrong to me, just a few days to go.
 
Its fine!!!! leave it be!!! :D It will break through the air sack and fill the egg and then crack the egg (pip). :-)17
 
you really shouldnt be touching the egg at this stage. The chick needs the correct humidity to hatch. everytime you take it from the incubator its loosing heat. From what ive seen from the video I dont think its ready to hatch yet. I maybe wrong, another few days. :-)17
 
Hi,
I hatched a runner duck last year which had a very small air sack and I was convinced it wasn't going to hatch.I'd got 4 others with large air sacks - 3 hatched and one didn't A small air sack doesn't allways spell trouble.
 
thank you. SO keep it at 30% humidity until I know for sure it internally pips? If I don't candle it then how do I know if I need to turn the humidity up? Sorry for all the questions. Im down to the last days and don't want to mess up anymore than I already have. :-P
 
When it externally pips, breaks the shell, you raise the humidity to 60% Gooseegg. But you must leave it alone as it is trying to orientate itself to break out. The more it has to realign the more energy it uses up until there isn't enough strength left to actually break out.
 
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