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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: blades on May 29, 2012, 07:30:32 pm

Title: Incubating geese question?
Post by: blades on May 29, 2012, 07:30:32 pm

Can anyone tell me please.... When incubating goose eggs what is the maximum time that they can go over the 30 day incubation period and still be OK? Mine are at 33 days with no sign of hatching.


Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Incubating geese question?
Post by: adamhfc on May 29, 2012, 07:52:44 pm

what temp are they incubating at
 
i would leave a few more days are with this weather being up and down some hatchies are taking longer than usal

Title: Re: Incubating geese question?
Post by: jaykay on May 29, 2012, 08:05:57 pm

35 days for most geese, 28 for most ducks.

Title: Re: Incubating geese question?
Post by: blades on May 30, 2012, 06:40:34 am

Quote from: adamhfc on May 29, 2012, 07:52:44 pm

what temp are they incubating at
 
i would leave a few more days are with this weather being up and down some hatchies are taking longer than usal

Well the incubator had a built in goose program so I used that.... I remember 37 degs for some of the duration.... as it reached the 30 days the humidity rose to 60-65%

Title: Re: Incubating geese question?
Post by: adamhfc on May 30, 2012, 11:42:04 am

i usaly wait up to a week later as sometyimes they can be slow to hatch let us no how you get on