goose

I got a breeding pair of Embdens in February. I lost my goose to a fox or coyote attack yesterday. My gander is frantically looking for her and it’s very heartbreaking on top of already losing his partner and our friend. I haven’t been able to find any Embden goslings for sale. Does anyone have...

Hello, I have a sick goose for about a week now and am attempting to diagnosis him. He is eating and drinking still. He went to the vet and got a blood test and heavy metal test. The blood test came back and said he had anemia which tracks considering his beak is looking poor. Still waiting on...

Hey all, found my goose today outside hurt. She was walking around and making noise, we brought her in and sat her in the bathtub and rinsed her as well as we could with warm water and are now applying vetericyn wound care to her 3-4 times a day. As far as we can tell there are no deep wounds...

Hello, My white Chinese goose is lethargic. She doesn't like to lay down and just hangs in the pool. She doesn't have interest in food except for peas. I am giving her diatomaceous earth. I'm not sure what is wrong but she is not her normal active self. The other birds are fine. We have had a...

This little cutie was found beat yp in the road. No idea where it came from. It is healing really well but I’m wondering what kind of goose this is? its getting its adult feathers in and kinda looks like a pilgrim but his beak is black. Was kinda leaning towards a Chinese goose but theres no...

My goose tore his bobbing all the way up to the “V” of his toe in right foot. What do I do?

Good evening. I hope you all are doing well. I am three months into raising geese and I have a question about attitude changes in my feather kids. Ruby and Jasper have been fun little goslings. Sweet, chatty, a bit nibble, but I was assured that was normal. Three months in and Ruby has...

Hello hello! I recently purchased some geese and I’m not sure what they are! We are assuming the little yellow guy is an Embden as they are pretty common but the other little guy I’m just not sure.

Beautiful and one of the most calm and friendly breed of geese. Ages range from 8 weeks to newly hatched. While geese do not lay as many eggs as layer and dual purpose chickens, they are more hardy, more predator resistant and forage a lot on grass saving substantially on feed bill. These...

Hello, I have a mixed flock of chickens, geese, ducks, and one rooster. I am still very new to owning backyard birds. Most of my birds are around 2 months old with a couple of them younger (ducks and a few chicks) except my rooster. He is older and was given to us by friends of our neighbor...

I just noticed this on my 2 week old gander gosling. The hatchery said that it's just a growth. It's crusty at the base, they said to use antibiotic cream if needed. It's on his belly. We are taking him to the vet if and when he needs it removed.

Hi all, I've never posted here before but have been a lurker for a very long time and all of your posts are always so helpful. Backstory: I bought two geese (a breeding pair) at an auction three weeks ago. Towards the end of their first week with us they were given a clean bill of health by the...

Hello! Ive been around for awhile and have learned so much. I am at a point where I am about to invest a lot of work, and so want to make sure I’m headed in the right direction. I guess it may be time for me to ask for a weigh in. This maybe be long, and I’m sorry. Just explaining some goose...

After three years one of my geese finally managed to hatch out a clutch. Toulouse female and male, she had 8 eggs, 7 hatched, 6 made it out all the way and are surviving. I noticed that two of the surviving and the one that didn’t make it have pink feet and beak and the grey feathers are...

Hi, So I am taking a break from chicken egg hatching right now, but I have a female goose who is being broody and sitting on unfertilized eggs. Whenever people come near the fence, she will hiss and peck at the fence. What should I do? (I do not have any pictures right now; I will upload them...

Hello again. Our gander is nearly 2 years old and has 2 almost 1 year old geese for girlfriends. One is smaller and he must favor her because she is missing a lot of feathers on her head. The other is a bit larger and he seems to have trouble finishing the deed with her just because of the size...

hello fellow chicken keepers me and my wife have just begun our chicken keeping journey, so far we have 4 australorps and 2 geese, and we have 15 more chickens coming in june im going to attempt to build a carolina inspired coop and am a bit nervous because im a dental assistant by trade and not...

Hello! I am wondering why my 2 year old white Chinese goose has never laid an egg. I have 2 geese and 1 gander, they are all the same age and I am absolutely positive of their sex. One of the geese started laying when she was 7 months old (January 2022) and started laying again this season on...

I’ve hatched 9 goose eggs and upon removing shells I’ve noticed a few have this green goo inside them. Any thoughts on what this is? Babes are all doing ok so far. Less than 24hrs old.