Breeding goslings in an incubator at home: rules and temperature table by day

Bringing poultry in an incubator is a difficult and troublesome task. Without the appropriate knowledge and at least a little experience, nothing can work out. Consider the rules for hatching goslings in an incubator at home, especially the preparation of eggs, their storage, the correct incubation conditions, the sequence of the process, the timing when goslings can hatch.

Preparing geese

Gese, from which it is planned to obtain eggs for incubation, must be properly fed. The feed should be saturated with nutrients, minerals, vitamins, calcium.If the feeding is incorrect, inadequate, it cannot be expected that the bird will lay high-quality eggs suitable for incubation. They will spawn weak and unviable goslings, despite the fact that everything was done correctly.

Geese should rush in clean nests, where they will be comfortable and free. They need to be covered with straw or hay. Eggs should be picked every day. Geese rush mainly in the morning, during the day you need to check the nests and choose eggs, in the evening check that there is nothing left. Often geese hide their eggs under a layer of down, so you need to check everything carefully. You need to pick up raw materials every day, since only in this case the geese continue to rush. If you leave the eggs in the nest, the female can sit on them on her own.

How to choose eggs?

Immediately after collection, you need to sort the material. For the incubator, select large and medium-sized eggs of the correct shape. With a dense whole shell, on which there should be no sagging, spots, cracks.Too small, with defects, the old ones are not suitable for laying, weak goslings will hatch from them, which will get sick. Or the chicks won't hatch at all.

Using an ovoscope

All the material that has passed the first stage of selection must be enlightened on an ovoscope. Inside there should be no dark spots, inclusions, the yolk should be centered. All eggs with defects are not suitable for incubation.

Disinfection of raw materials

Disinfection increases the chick hatch rate and keeps them he althy. The need for this procedure is explained by the fact that viruses and bacteria remain on the surface of the shell, which during incubation can penetrate into the middle and destroy the embryo. You can disinfect the material in 3 ways: with a solution of hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate or vinegar.

Prepare a 1.5% solution, pour into a container, where eggs are lowered for 3-5 minutes. Then they are washed with clean water and dried.

The incubator needs to be disinfected as well. First, rinse all removable parts, wipe them with peroxide or potassium permanganate solution, wipe again with clean water and dry well. After each laying of a new batch of eggs, the incubator must be cleaned and disinfected, otherwise it will become a breeding ground for infections.

Storage of eggs during the period of accumulation of raw materials

Shelf life of incubation material - no more than 7 days. They need to be stored at a temperature of 6-12˚С and a humidity of 70%, spread out in 1 layer. Do not store in the refrigerator, it is better to choose a cool room for this.

How to incubate eggs

In order for everything to go smoothly, you need to follow the rules of incubation. And also avoid basic mistakes that can lead to the death of the embryos.

Basic mistakes

If the incubation occurs at a temperature that exceeds the allowable temperature, the goslings hatch earlier than necessary. They have thin legs, weak pubescence. If the overheating is strong, the chicks may not hatch at all. At low temperatures, goslings appear later than the deadline, some of them peck, but do not emerge from the egg. Those that have appeared have thick legs and long down. This means that they are more developed than necessary.

Due to lack of moisture, the chicks are hatched weak, unable to peck the shell and come out of the egg. And due to the irregular turning of eggs during incubation, the embryo may not develop, because it has stuck to one of the walls. To breed goslings without loss, you must constantly monitor the temperature, humidity, turn them over and cool them.

How to lay eggs

Before laying eggs, you need to properly warm up - keep in the room for 8 hours.Cold ones cannot be laid, they are covered with condensate, which clogs the pores, and the embryo suffocates. If the material is not of the same size, then first you need to lay large eggs, medium in size after 4 hours. This is due to the fact that in large eggs the development of goslings lasts longer. The time difference is necessary for the elimination to be simultaneous. Goose eggs are placed horizontally in the incubator.

Incubation periods

The incubation period is divided into 5 parts. During each, you need to maintain a certain temperature and humidity, turn over and cool the material.

CoolingSprayingTurning 1-837.7°C55%none no5 times9-1537,7 °C47%nono4 times 16-27 2 times a day for 15-20 minutes2 times a day4 times 37°C 29-3037°С 85%2 times a day for 15-20 minutes 2 times a dayno

Period (in days)	Temperature	Humidity
37.7°C	47%				28
85%	2 times a day for 15-20 minutes	2 times a day	no

Turning and spraying masonry

Turning goose eggs is necessary so that the embryos do not stick to the shell. In the first week, this should be done often - 5 times a day, then reduce the number of turns to 4 times. It is no longer necessary to turn over before hatching, starting from the 28th day.

To breed goslings without loss, you should cool and spray them, starting from the 16th day of incubation. Cool for 20 minutes 2 times a day, spray also 2 times. Spray with cool water, not cold.

Temperature, ventilation and humidity

The temperature regime during the incubation of goslings remains almost the same - from the 1st to the 28th day the temperature is 37.7°C, from the 28th to hatching - 37°C.Humidity is not so easy. In the first week it is 55%, from the 9th to the 28th day - 47%. Humidity should be maintained at 85% for the last 3 days of incubation.

It is important to strictly adhere to the incubation parameters, if any of them is violated, the embryos may die.

Hatching dates

Hatching of goslings occurs on the 29-31st day of incubation. Usually they themselves peck the walls of the shell and come out of the egg. This is what happens with the bulk of the chicks, but some are in no hurry to be born. Until the 31st day, you do not need to help the chicks, if you accelerate the hatching artificially, they may die.

If the deadlines have passed, and the goslings have not hatched, you need to help them: carefully pierce the shell so that air can enter the chicks. It is impossible to remove the shell completely. Then they will do everything themselves. Breeding goslings in an incubator can only be successful if the rules are followed.It is necessary not only to prepare the material, store it until laying, but also maintain the correct temperature and humidity in the incubator. Mistakes will lead to the death of the embryos and a decrease in the percentage of hatchability of goslings.

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