This confirms my suspicion that the the eggs are no longer viable. So you may be looking at the nest thinking your geese aren’t laying and under a layer of the nesting material there could be 7-8 eggs sitting there. To prevent breakages whilst she is laying, it is usually best to leave a couple of eggs in the nest but to remove and store the others until there are enough for her to sit on. Once a goose is done laying eggs, she settles in for the incubation period, while her mate stays close by and guards the nest. I am beginning to think that the eggs are not viable. The male goose stands to guard a short distance away to protect his mate and the eggs from predators. Once incubation begins, the eggs should hatch in about 25-28 days. You really need an incubator. The Canada Goose begins to incubate her eggs after she finishes laying them all - sometimes up to 15 eggs, but more commonly 2-8. When I asked the girl at the front desk, she sadly told me that the other day, the own came in; chased the mother goose away and took the eggs and shook them with the intent to kill the chicks inside. Once nesting has begun, the male and female will both defend the nest. But what do I look for to see if they are getting ready to hatch? It could be a new egg from a subsequent nesting if you didn't clean the box out immediately after the last fledging. The female lays one egg every one to two days, usually early in the morning. 100 degrees, humidity 40-50%. All waterfowl require high humidty to incubate and hatch. The goslings hatch covered with down and with their eyes open. The average clutch size is 5 eggs though 2-12 eggs is … At the beginning she was leaving the nest a few times a day to eat before eventually never leaving, or rarely leaving once a day. (More on cleaning.) The goose will normally wade or go for a swim to wet the breast feathers. Cold eggs, especially if the nest is not yet lined with down, indicate the goose is not finished laying or has abandoned this nesting effort. It's possible I started counting from the wrong day. The female lays eggs about every 1.5 days. Bonus Mick’s Tip: Don’t get greedy with the amount of eggs you have in a nest. It also takes a while for the bird to break through the shell. Special Note about Duck / Goose Eggs: Dave Holderread in his book, 'Storey's Guide to RAISING DUCKS" recommends that duck / goose eggs be sprayed or sprinkled with warm water to prevent the egg membranes from drying out and becoming tough during the hatch (potentially resulting in "dead-in-shells). I have two questions: 1. One of my ducks is sitting on her eggs, I assume that means they can hatch since they have laid eggs before and did not sit on them. Apr … The HSUS Canada Goose Egg Addling Protocol January 2009 4 you find a nest without a goose sitting, touch the eggs. While geese can lay as many as 25 eggs a year, geese have a difficult time sitting on more than nine or 10 eggs at a time. She does not leave the nest, eat, drink, or bathe while the eggs are incubating. Where a goose is to be used for hatching out the eggs, 10–15 eggs may be placed under her (the number of eggs depends on the size of the eggs and the size of the goose). Geese can usually sit on 7 to 10 eggs comfortably. Google egg candling. I've got a Muskovy Duck that's been sitting on a nest of eggs for about 41 days. You need to candle the eggs to determine whether they are still viable. Canada geese lay between four and nine eggs per year. The average is five. They should hatch the first or second week of May. So make sure you check your goose’s nest regularly to make sure they’re laying. The eggs are incubated for 28 days. Geese typically lay around one egg a day until they have a clutch of around five to nine eggs. Please help. Once the eggs are laid, the incubation process begins. Temp. Depending on when incubation begins (on the last, or next to last egg), eggs in the same nest can hatch a day or several days apart. Hi all! If you leave goose eggs in the nest, a goose will usually sit once she has laid a suitable size clutch of eggs. If they are warm, she has started to incubate. Candling, that is, passing eggs under a bright electric light to view the contents, can be carried out on the 10th day and all infertile eggs removed.