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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: horsemadmummy on April 18, 2012, 08:35:02 am

Title: Geese eggs
Post by: horsemadmummy on April 18, 2012, 08:35:02 am

I have whole lot of eggs but goose won't sit.  We don't have any broodies and I can't find anyone with an incubator!  Can I hatch them with the help of my Aga?  Don't want to waste them but couple hundred to buy a new one is out of question at moment.

Title: Re: Geese eggs
Post by: jaykay on April 18, 2012, 12:15:12 pm

Hmmm. They need a constant 37C and 55% humidity, which could be pretty hard to arrange with an Aga.

eBay or Practical Poultry forum for a secondhand incubator? Is there anyone near you who has one who would set them for you (I'll do this but I don't lend out my incubator after one came back damaged)

Title: Re: Geese eggs
Post by: jaykay on April 18, 2012, 12:27:34 pm

Maino incubator, currently £15 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAINO-ENRICO-INCUBATOR-/150798259911?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item231c46d6c7#ht_1442wt_143http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAINO-ENRICO-INCUBATOR-/150798259911?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item231c46d6c7#ht_1442wt_143)

Brinsea hatchmaker, currently £23 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brinsea-Hatchmaker-Incubator-/221000360871?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item3374a5e3a7#ht_500wt_922http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brinsea-Hatchmaker-Incubator-/221000360871?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item3374a5e3a7#ht_500wt_922)

Octagon 40, currently £51 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brinsea-Octagon-40DX-High-Performance-Egg-Incubators-/280865794144?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item4164e7e860#ht_500wt_922http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brinsea-Octagon-40DX-High-Performance-Egg-Incubators-/280865794144?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item4164e7e860#ht_500wt_922)

You'll need quite a big incubator to do geese eggs. I can only get 4 goose eggs in my Octagon 20 (which will take 18 hen eggs) and then you risk only one hatching......

Title: Re: Geese eggs
Post by: OhLaLa on April 18, 2012, 03:58:01 pm

Very unlikely these will hatch using an Aga, a constant temperature (37 deg) is needed. Correct humidity is also very important.

I have an 80 egg incubator which gets good results. I never had a high hatch rate with a Brinsea Octogan 20.

Have you thought about putting them up for sale on ebay and putting the proceeds towards buying an incubator? :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Geese eggs
Post by: jaykay on April 18, 2012, 05:06:31 pm

Oh, I've got two Brinsea Octagon 20s and do really well with them, currently full of runner duck eggs  :)