HELP!!!! Goose eggs found submerged in water!

[duckylover2201]

Hi! I went down to a pond behind my house on the 21st and found a goose egg submerged in water. I have been sprinkling him with water and keeping him under a heat lamp and he is growing. As his air sac appeared for he first time yesterday I noticed that it was on the side of the shell! After candling him I went back down to the pond and found ANOTHER goose egg submerged almost in the identical spot as the other one that wasn't there on the 22nd. I am now sprinkling them both with water and keeping them in a plastic ziploc box on a towel under the heat lamp. They are around 100 degrees Fahrenheit and both seem to be growing very well. I believe that the only reason that they are alive is because of God! As soon as I prayed they began to warm up after being around 50 degrees Fahrenheit wen in the water. I have gone to the pond today and haven't seen any more eggs but when I picked up the second one there was a mother who tried to protect the egg in the water as I retrieved it. Please help me to know what to do about the air sac! I'm new here so im no exactly sure how to upload a photo but the air sac is on the side and it looks fairly similar to a picture I found here : http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=103456&page=all


The air sac on my egg is a little smaller though because of his unknown age I'm not sure how big it should be.

 

[Carrosaur]

Hi! I went down to a pond behind my house on the 21st and found a goose egg submerged in water. I have been sprinkling him with water and keeping him under a heat lamp and he is growing. As his air sac appeared for he first time yesterday I noticed that it was on the side of the shell! After candling him I went back down to the pond and found ANOTHER goose egg submerged almost in the identical spot as the other one that wasn't there on the 22nd. I am now sprinkling them both with water and keeping them in a plastic ziploc box on a towel under the heat lamp. They are around 100 degrees Fahrenheit and both seem to be growing very well. I believe that the only reason that they are alive is because of God! As soon as I prayed they began to warm up after being around 50 degrees Fahrenheit wen in the water. I have gone to the pond today and haven't seen any more eggs but when I picked up the second one there was a mother who tried to protect the egg in the water as I retrieved it. Please help me to know what to do about the air sac! I'm new here so im no exactly sure how to upload a photo but the air sac is on the side and it looks fairly similar to a picture I found here : http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=103456&page=all


The air sac on my egg is a little smaller though because of his unknown age I'm not sure how big it should be.

Is it attached to the side of the egg or does it move around when you move the egg? When you found out the mother was there you probably should have left the egg on solid ground.

 

[Carrosaur]

I also suggest you buy an incubator.

 

[duckylover2201]

Thank you for your advise! The air sac does not move around but it looks like an extremely healthy air sac. I checked the second egg that I found at the pond has a perfectly placed air sac and is doing extremely well. Since they are both doing well with the conditions that they have been left in I'm not very sure about putting them in an incubator. I do have a thermometer and I have been keeping a constant eye on them and turning them about 5 to 8 times a day. I was also going to ask if you think the first egg with the misplaced air sac might need help whenever he/she is ready to hatch. Whenever they do I do plan on buying them a safe and secure small coop and when they get old enough I plan on releasing them to the pond.

 

[Carrosaur]

Thank you for your advise! The air sac does not move around but it looks like an extremely healthy air sac. I checked the second egg that I found at the pond has a perfectly placed air sac and is doing extremely well. Since they are both doing well with the conditions that they have been left in I'm not very sure about putting them in an incubator. I do have a thermometer and I have been keeping a constant eye on them and turning them about 5 to 8 times a day. I was also going to ask if you think the first egg with the misplaced air sac might need help whenever he/she is ready to hatch. Whenever they do I do plan on buying them a safe and secure small coop and when they get old enough I plan on releasing them to the pond.

Well the thing is goose eggs like humidity, it helps them hatch easier. So be careful with that. I suggest you buy a hydrometer. And yes sometimes malpositioned air cells can cause trouble while hatching.

 

[duckylover2201]

Ok thank you!