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Geese pulling out their feathers!
Normal! They’re in their first molt. -
11-week-old American Buff gosling, periodic swollen joints in one leg / episodes of inability to stand & walk on it. Diagnostics showed nothing. Help?
Non specific issues are the worst and hardest mysteries to unravel. What kind of B vitamins are you giving her? Is it a B complex? Niacin is critically important but so are all the Bs and a deficiency in the others can also cause them to go off their legs. I also suggest getting her a...- Goosebaby
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Goose identification?
Where did you get them? The first is Buff colored, I can’t say whether they are actually American Buff or just carry the buff gene. Second is White Chinese. Third is ? It looks like it may have a gene for lilac “rare gene” or may be pied in some way. It’s hard to tell with the baby fuzz...- Goosebaby
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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Advice for sick gosling?
Just incase I would advise removing the wood chips and replacing them with wood shavings. If the wood chips are uncured and have bark chunks they can harbor a large amount of mold spores. Aspergillosis can affect baby birds much more rapidly than adults and neurological issues can be one of the... -
Advice for sick gosling?
Are there any signs of mold? What kind of bedding is that on the ground? -
Gosling scratching repetedly at head
I’m so sorry your gosling passed away. It may have had a respiratory infection. The water pouring from its mouth could either be its stomach/ crop contents or it may have aspirated water while it was unable to hold its head upright due to another issue causing the disorientation. If a necropsy... -
Advice for sick gosling?
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Next Steps with a Dumped Goose
Congratulations on your new gander! Two ganders can and do bond and have wonderful relationships with each other but it comes with it’s own set of drama just like if you had a gander and goose pair. Ganders will bond but how their relationship dynamic turns out will be based on their... -
Broody geese but no gander
You can try taking apart the nest but they might rebuild it. You may have to repeatedly do that until it finally works. Also your geese are great at being extra lookouts for danger and their size deters most hawks, but other than that your geese aren’t capable of guarding anything, let alone... -
Adolescent Goose Acting Off?
Keep giving her the poultry cell, you can also add liquid B complex “if you have any” with that. Her symptoms are neurological and it definitely could be a vitamin deficiency. If your feed looks like it has a lot of oyster shell excess calcium will bind to nutrients and cause a vitamin... -
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Adolescent Goose Acting Off?
What do you mean by “whistling up a storm?” Has she had changes to her voice in the last few days? Geese don’t often get worms unless you have a high worm load on your property, but they do get giardia and coccidia. Safeguard can treat giardia to an extent and a lot of worms, ivermectin pretty... -
Adolescent Goose Acting Off?
Definitely something neurological going on. How long in total has this been going on? Is there anything like wires, bits of metal, paint shavings around that she could have gotten ahold of? What feed is she on? Have you noticed any strange droppings? Mostly white in color? Black, red... -
Bumblefoot question…
Muscovies tend to naturally be larger than mallard types, better bones. -
Bumblefoot question…
Average weight of Chinese geese is about 10lb. Average jumbo pekins are 10 to 13lbs. Chinese geese being geese with a more robust skeleton support their weight very well, whereas a duck really was never meant to weigh that much, their bones, joints, and organs haven’t kept up with breeding...