gosling care

  1. donteatbees

    Gosling raising tips

    Next month I'm getting goslings. Embden geese, if breed matter for how they're raised. I'm getting two or four, because my mum doesn't want an odd number. I've been doing some reading and I've got a pen for them once they're big enough to be outside without supplemental heat. I read for the...
    • donteatbees
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    • first time geese owner gosling gosling brooder gosling care gosling growth gosling help gosling housing gosling questions goslings new goslings
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    • Forum: Geese
  2. donteatbees

    Having geese with chickens

    I've got eleven hens and two roosters but am currently waiting for more hens, I know it's not a good ratio. I was looking on the Meyer hatchery site and saw a bunch of breeds of geese. I'd never get a single goose (even if I wanted to, Meyer has a minimum of 2), but I have some questions. If a...
    • donteatbees
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    • chickens & goose goose goose chicken goose guard goose mating behavior goose questions gosling gosling and geese gosling care gosling questions
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    • Forum: Geese
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    6 week old Toulouse goslings in the rain and coop ideas?

    Does anyone have geese coop ideas? Right now I just have a tractor but they're getting a little big for it and I want to prepare for winter. I have 5 Toulouse geese, different ages Also my 6 week old goslings, while they have shelter, have been following their fully feathered 6 month old...
    • starrymutt
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    • coop ideas geese coop gosling care
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Geese
  4. S

    Goslings out in the rain

    I have two 4 week old goslings that have mostly intergrated with their older siblings (3 months). My girls stay with them and check in, but they don't preen or anything. They're only starting to get their feathers but it's going to be storming for the rest of the day. Should I just put the...
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    Can 3 week old goslings get damp?

    My two new goslings were in their outside brooder all day since I was busy and it's been raining. I took them out for an hour when it stopped but noticed that their chests were wet, I'm not sure I'd say soaked through but damp enough I tried toweling them off (before their big siblings started...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling care wet gosling
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    • Forum: Geese
  6. S

    Worms or unprocessed food? [Poop pic]

    3 week old goslings have been having diarrhea for a week or so now. But this is the first I noticed something that kinda looks like a worm, they're on pellets though so it's hard to tell. Do you even deworm geese??
    • starrymutt
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    • deworming gosling care worms
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    • Forum: Geese
  7. S

    Is it safe to leave 3 week old goslings with 4 month old geese?

    I moved my two 3 week old goslings to the outside brooder and introduced them to their older siblings. They took to them surprisingly well, not extremely broody, but attentive enough that when the babies chirp they run to them. One gosling keeps going after my gander though but he just "yells"...
    • starrymutt
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    • coop intergration flock intergration geese gosling care gosling intergration
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Geese
  8. S

    3 week old goslings with no heat outside in 70F

    I moved the two newest goslings that just reached 3 weeks to the outside brooder. They haven't had a heat lamp much since it's been so hot and humid 80-90sF in the day and 70s at night, they never went to it while raising them inside. They're just starting to get some baby feathers. I just...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling brooder gosling care temp drop temperature
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    • Forum: Geese
  9. S

    Gosling ate my earring

    My 4 week old Toulouse was loving up on me, went for my earring a couple of times but I stopped her and before I realized it (thought she was chewing my hair) she quickly took out my stud. I tried grabbing her since she was just chewing on it but by the time I could, as she ran, she swallowed...
    • starrymutt
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    • earring gosling care
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    • Forum: Geese
  10. S

    Goose tractor? Does this look safe?

    My dad built my goslings a tractor today since they outgrew the brooder, it has an attached house for them and tarp for a roof. I'm probably just paranoid but they're outside in it for the night and I'm just worried how safe they'll be. I think it's chicken wire screwed in with some around the...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling care tractor coop
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Geese
  11. S

    Goslings soaking wet and 70F

    It was pouring today and my goslings (5 weeks and 4 weeks) were out in the rain happy as can be, they even went swimming in their pool but now they look like drowned rats and are trying to dry themselves off. They run when I try to dry them off and it's still in the 70s here (including...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling care rain soaked geese wet gosliing
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    • Forum: Geese
  12. S

    Sudden crooked tail?

    My 6 week old goose suddenly has her tail off to the side. I only noticed it yesterday but her feathers are growing in so I thought it was that, she doesn't necessarily seem to be in pain that I can tell and is acting normal. Although when I pet her one wing she does make a sharp trill sound...
  13. S

    Can geese have too much Vit B?

    I got my geese Dumor 22% Duck feed and Durvet's Vit B Complex (for livestock). Since the duck feed has niacin in it, will giving them the B Complex in the water be too much?
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling care too much vitamins vitamin b complex
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    • Forum: Geese
  14. S

    68F tonight and wet goslings

    The heat wave finally broke today but my goslings, 5 and 3-4 weeks old were caught in the rain and swimming. I quickly put them in the brooder, they were pretty scared of the rain, but I've left the heat lamps off due to the humidity and don't have access to the lead cord. I'm a bit worried...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling care weather advice
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Geese
  15. S

    Gosling with possible fractured or broken hip/leg?

    My little gander, Forest (Gump), 3 weeks old decided to not wait for me to let him out of the brooder and jumped out, landing on his side, assuming (I was getting another gosling and didn't see). It's about at least a 3ft drop. I heard him cry and the next thing I see is him hoping on one leg to...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling care gosling injury
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Geese
  16. S

    How to prepare geese for freak heat wave?

    We're getting a rare heat wave in the 100sF this week and I have three goslings 5 week and two 3 1/2 week). It's my first time raising them, especially in such high heat, and I have a few questions! Their brooder is in the shade near our house, open fence door but basically a big rectangular...
    • starrymutt
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    • brooder advice gosling care heat wave
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Geese
  17. S

    Is there a cheap and secure transportation I can use to ship my 2 and a half old gosling from Cali to Georgia??

    My little one is named Solar, she's a very loving and sweet little gosling I saved and raised since she was a few days old. The girlfriend of my brother can no longer keep her and I'm not sure what to do. They only let me know when I was visiting Georgia to visit family for the summer and I'm...
    • SolarTheLittleGosling
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    • gosling care home is where the farm is home life housing geese love geese transportation
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    • Forum: Geese
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    Is 55F too cold for 3 week old goslings with no heat lamp outside?

    I have my goslings, one 5 weeks and two 3 week olds outside in the brooder with heating lamps, I transitioned to just one lamp now, however I noticed they were pressed against the fence to get away from it so I shut it off. It's about 70F right now and the low tonight about mid 50s. They sleep...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling brooder gosling care
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Geese
  19. S

    Has anyone experienced this gosling behavior?

    So my 2 week old Tolouse gosling was out grazing with my other two and the chickens came over, and this one gosling started sizing up a full grown hen and would jump up to pull their tail feathers. This one and my 5 week old would shake their necks, almost like visible shivering? It reminded...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling behavior gosling cant walk gosling care
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Geese
  20. S

    Imprinted goslings and moving them outside

    I have 3 goslings. One is 5 weeks and two are about a week old now, they're finally in together and doing fine but my 5 week old was raised alone with me for her only company until about a week ago. My 5 week old intergrated well enough but she still constantly wants to cuddle and cries for...
    • starrymutt
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    • gosling brooder gosling care moving goslings outside
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Geese
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