[horsemadmummy]

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.

[jaykay]

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)

[jaykay]

Maino incubator, currently £15

Brinsea hatchmaker, currently £23

Octagon 40, currently £51

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......

[OhLaLa]

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?

[jaykay]

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