IceHax
Songster
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) :
toulouse goose, 11 months old and i dont know the weight nor do i have any other goose to compare her to.
2) What is the behavior, exactly:
the goose lost her feathers around the beginning of march, from half of the neck down (higher half of the neck and head are ok, the rest of the body shows visible smaller feathers and wing feathers are basically non existant, just the "stick" in the middle of the feather with no visible feathers.)
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
around 3 weeks to one month
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
she lives with some chickens, and none are experiencing anything like this.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma? no
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the
situation?
I have no clue, her feathers looked fine right up to the beginning of march. I used to think she may have been molting, but it's taking too long and i wanna investigate.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all?
drinks and eats normally, she even lays eggs every day or two.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
poop looks normal.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
none, but tomorrow i will try giving her and the chickens some new feed with higher (19%) proteins.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
treating it completely by myself would be the best outcome possible.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
unfortunately it is too dark outside to take a picture, i will do it tomorrow in the afternoon though and post it in a reply.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
she sleeps in a iron nest box, together with three hens and a rooster. She has a little pool to bathe into and eats the chicken feed and leftover vegetables from the house.
toulouse goose, 11 months old and i dont know the weight nor do i have any other goose to compare her to.
2) What is the behavior, exactly:
the goose lost her feathers around the beginning of march, from half of the neck down (higher half of the neck and head are ok, the rest of the body shows visible smaller feathers and wing feathers are basically non existant, just the "stick" in the middle of the feather with no visible feathers.)
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
around 3 weeks to one month
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
she lives with some chickens, and none are experiencing anything like this.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma? no
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the
situation?
I have no clue, her feathers looked fine right up to the beginning of march. I used to think she may have been molting, but it's taking too long and i wanna investigate.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all?
drinks and eats normally, she even lays eggs every day or two.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
poop looks normal.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
none, but tomorrow i will try giving her and the chickens some new feed with higher (19%) proteins.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
treating it completely by myself would be the best outcome possible.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
unfortunately it is too dark outside to take a picture, i will do it tomorrow in the afternoon though and post it in a reply.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
she sleeps in a iron nest box, together with three hens and a rooster. She has a little pool to bathe into and eats the chicken feed and leftover vegetables from the house.
