How to Keep a Goose Egg Warm Without an Incubator

There are a number of reasons for which you may need to keep a goose egg warm without an incubator. You may have found that incubators are too expensive or too large for your purposes. If your incubator breaks in the middle of incubation, you will need a backup heat source. Or perhaps you have an egg hatching and want to move it to a more open space, yet still keep it warm. Fortunately it is fairly simple and inexpensive to create your own heat source for a goose egg.

Things You'll Need

  • Shoe box
  • Desk lamp with dimmer
  • 100 watt light bulb
  • Thermometer
  • Heat resistant plastic wrap
  • Damp cloth
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Instructions

    • 1

      Take the shoebox and set it on a stable, flat surface.

    • 2

      Put the 100 watt bulb in the desk lamp and set the lamp up so that it is pointing down toward the box.

    • 3

      Cover half of the box with plastic wrap in order to help retain heat. Do this on the side that is farthest from the lamp.

    • 4

      Place a thermometer in the box on the side that is covered with plastic wrap. Turn the lamp on and wait for 10 minutes.

    • 5

      Check the temperature. If it is above 99.5 degrees F, use the dimmer to turn the light down and wait 10 more minutes. Continue doing this until the temperature is at 99.5 degrees F.

    • 6

      Place a damp cloth in the box directly underneath the light. This will keep humidity in the air so that the egg will not dry out.

    • 7

      Place the egg in the box on the side that is covered with plastic wrap. Continue to monitor temperatures to make sure they remain steady and re-wet the cloth when necessary.