Anyone incubate an egg that you had very little hopes for after research but its thriving?

[PhantomSlayer]

Unfortunately the egg that was put into lockdown before the beast egg wasn't alive after pipping Now waiting for the beast egg and its partner egg. Both had movement at lockdown candle. I think their hatch by date is in 5 days. So any day now. Come on little beasty!

 

[PhantomSlayer]

Note to myself mainly but others don't play nice with hormonal geese x.x My arm will be black and blue tomorrow after retrieving our two girls eggs. All from one of them. The other jut honked and let me pet her like usual.



Partner egg is pipping! Nothing from the beast egg yet but I'm not giving up hope yet.

 

[PhantomSlayer]

Partner egg required intervention. It was injuring the top of its beak on the edge of the egg shell so we broke away part of the shell around the hole to give it a bigger space. Letting it do what it can for now but if it doesn't make much more progress in the next few hours gonna intervene again and maybe try creating that lid for it break on its own. Once it is done I'll candle the beast egg. My friend across town whose doing her first year of goslings but has done other birds shes said shes having to intervene alot this year as well.

I really hate having to help. I'd rather let nature take its course but we could see its beak and it was actively peeping and its reached 48 hours. Only broke what I knew was safe to break.

 

[Slothinc]

Partner egg required intervention. It was injuring the top of its beak on the edge of the egg shell so we broke away part of the shell around the hole to give it a bigger space. Letting it do what it can for now but if it doesn't make much more progress in the next few hours gonna intervene again and maybe try creating that lid for it break on its own. Once it is done I'll candle the beast egg. My friend across town whose doing her first year of goslings but has done other birds shes said shes having to intervene alot this year as well.

I really hate having to help. I'd rather let nature take its course but we could see its beak and it was actively peeping and its reached 48 hours. Only broke what I knew was safe to break.

I wouldn’t be afraid to help a little bit every 30 mins to 1 hour. If you take off all of the shell covering the air cell and moisten the membrane with warm water/coconut oil, then you can see if the blood vessels are absorbed. If they are, gently tear the membrane a bit more to expose the head/shoulders. Then put back in the incubator and let the chick push out whenever they are ready.

 

[PhantomSlayer]

I wouldn’t be afraid to help a little bit every 30 mins to 1 hour. If you take off all of the shell covering the air cell and moisten the membrane with warm water/coconut oil, then you can see if the blood vessels are absorbed. If they are, gently tear the membrane a bit more to expose the head/shoulders. Then put back in the incubator and let the chick push out whenever they are ready.

I helped it some more cause it looked like its head was still stuck. My mom was supposed to help me but she walked out saying it looked like its head was shrink wrapped to the shell. Wasn't easy but I freed more of its head, its leg is above its head oward the pointy end. I dunno if thats normal for goslings in the egg. But it freed one leg after I cracked the outter shell to help give some wiggle room. There is a little bit of shrink wrap right behind its eye but i think some moisture would help it slide off but i didnt want to keep it out any longer. Gonna let it go for another half hour to an hour see if it can do more on its own. A few good pushes and wiggles should be enough I think. Yes I sprayed warm water on it and in the incubator when I was doing so. I helped a gosling last year but it died 24 hours after so I think something internal was wrong with it as it looked fine outside and was only a bit wobblier compared to the other egg it hatched with.

 

[BlueO]

Wow! Just want to follow along! Good luck!

 

[Slothinc]

I helped it some more cause it looked like its head was still stuck. My mom was supposed to help me but she walked out saying it looked like its head was shrink wrapped to the shell. Wasn't easy but I freed more of its head, its leg is above its head oward the pointy end. I dunno if thats normal for goslings in the egg. But it freed one leg after I cracked the outter shell to help give some wiggle room. There is a little bit of shrink wrap right behind its eye but i think some moisture would help it slide off but i didnt want to keep it out any longer. Gonna let it go for another half hour to an hour see if it can do more on its own. A few good pushes and wiggles should be enough I think. Yes I sprayed warm water on it and in the incubator when I was doing so. I helped a gosling last year but it died 24 hours after so I think something internal was wrong with it as it looked fine outside and was only a bit wobblier compared to the other egg it hatched with.

Sounds like you are doing great!! Keep us posted - I hope this little one is able to do well!

 

[PhantomSlayer]

I would be happy to not have to help a hatch again this year but thats wishful thinking isn't it lol. This was rough. First helping I broke free it's head and a foot (See it behind the head) Before it was just its beak poking out which is when it started getting injured from pressing on the egg shell above it which is when I decided to help it.

Left it to sit and do its own thing. Which it made a little progress but then stopped.

And helped it twice more and 0 progress so I went all in removing probably about 90% of the exterior hard shell and what I could of the inner layer which was all but its back, 1 foot and butt and its now free from the egg on its own and if it survives we may end up keeping it cause my mother is now calling it Gidian. Hoping it survives. It was a tough hatch.

It's very squirmy. While I was helping it I was worried it would throw itself out of my hand. Even during the last check it was moving and falling into the other eggs in there.

Oh and before that final all in help attempt when I put it back it bit it's own foot lol.

 

[PhantomSlayer]

Update: Unfortunately didn't make it.

 

[BlueO]

How’s the big egg doing?