Fig. 5: Hip strengthening exercises for piriformis syndrome. A: While keeping the pelvis stationary with the upper leg hanging off the edge of a workout bench, raise and lower the upper leg through a 45 degree range of motion.
Goose eggs take between 28 and 35 days to hatch and by the end of the incubation period, the goose will have become run down so it is important to take note of the date that she starts sitting so that you can intervene if she is still sitting after this time on non-viable eggs.
The amount of time a particular egg takes to hatch can depend on when it was laid in relation to others in the clutch, or group of eggs in a single nest. Some geese take their time laying eggs, depositing about one egg every two or three days. A week or more may pass between the first and last egg, all of the eggs will hatch within a day or two of each other. It takes an average of three days for a new gosling to hatch completely.