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| Copyright: Jose Luis Rodriguez Duran (tiobibi) (22) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-04-15 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Kodak EasyShare DX7590 |
| Exposure: f/3.2, 1/30 seconds |
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| Date Submitted: 2006-04-18 16:31 |
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Hatching Goose Eggs.
Temperature:
Forced air incubators - 37.5°C (99.5°F)
Still air incubators - 39.4°C (102.92°F) measured at top off egg
Humidity for Waterfowl Eggs:
Water foul eggs require fairly high humidity, so use an extra pan of water in the incubator. Relative humidity for goose and duck eggs is 63%, raise the humidity the last three days to 70%. If you don't know when your egg started incubation raise humidity when the gosling makes the first hole or crack in the egg shell.
Storage of Live Eggs:
If the eggs have not yet started incubation, or if they have been incubated only a short time (maybe a day or two) then they will remain alive for a long time without needing to be warm. While storing the eggs, before beginning incubation, store the eggs at 10-15°C (50-59°F) with a relative humidity of 70-75 percent and turn the eggs over at least twice daily. If you want to delay the start of incubation then every 5 days you should warm the eggs to incubation temperature for 5 hours.
The thermometer's bulb should be inside on top of an egg and as far from the hole as possible. Put the top on the box and arrange a light or heat lamp shining on top of the box. Watch the temperature closely at first, later you can check it less often. As mentioned below, cool the eggs daily and sprinkle with water. Place jar lids or a pan filled with water in the box to increase humidity. Because there is no thermostat it's important that the eggs be in a room which is nearly the same temperature all day and night. Be careful that the eggs don't get too hot during the warmer daytime hours when you may not be there.
Proper Incubation of Eggs:
You will need an incubator and an accurate thermometer. You can buy incubators on ebay, or from your local farm supply store or pet shop. You can also make an incubator, see or do a google.com search using the words homemade incubator. Another place to find information is .
Using a pencil mark one side of egg X and the other O and turn eggs over three times each day (every 8 hours), or at least 2 times daily (every 12 hours). Domestic goose eggs take about 30 days to hatch (wild goose eggs need slightly less time). From days 4-27 open the incubator for 15 minutes each day to allow eggs to cool and at the end of each cooling period the eggs should be sprayed with water. The temperature of the water should be 20-25°C (68-77 deg F). Getting eggs too hot is very bad, but it's not too bad if eggs get cool for a short time every once in a while by accident.
Always keep a cup of water near the goslings, they are aquatic birds and need lots of water.
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