Sick gosling help needed

[Miss Lydia]

If she hasn't been supplementing with B3 I'd say that is main problem.

Gosling like ducklings are hardy if fed and protected from the elements made sure they are warm and dry.

 

[pinksapphire]

Thanks for all your comments.
I am feeding an organic whole grain poultry mix, plus he is outside eating lots of grass and weeds, I will get Nutritional yeast tomorrow and start feeding
I would be 99% sure no bulling is going on as the older goose is very protective of the goslings.
They have access to shade and I am located in Ireland so mostly cloudy so do not think it could be sun burn, but there is lots of hogweed(not giant) in there inclosure and the sap of this can sometimes cause burns on human skin but have never heard of it doing it to animals.
I will upload some photos of the gosling just now.

 

[pinksapphire]

photos of the gosling

 

[chickens really]

Aweeeee! Poor thing....Hope it now recovers from the good advise that you received ......

 

[pinksapphire]

Aweeeee! Poor thing....Hope it now recovers from the goid advise that you received ......

Thanks, hope it does too

 

[Chickens 4Ever]

@Ravynscroft any advice?

 

[Ravynscroft]

photos of the gosling

To me, it looks like it got into something that irritated/burned caused some bad reaction... I'm not too familiar with geese though...

@Pyxis what do you think?

 

[Pyxis]

From the pictures its feet look really red, which is not usually a sign of niacin deficiency, so it's very possible they're irritated. The trouble to walk is definitely a sign of niacin deficiency though so keep up with that.

The watery eyes are a bad sign. The black you are seeing around the eyes looks like discharge dirtying the down there.

Can you think of anything it could be getting into that could be irritating its skin and eyes? I saw the mention of hogweed, and that might be it. Can you bring it in and let it bathe in fresh clean water to rinse it off? You might even want to use some Dawn dish soap to make sure you get anything that might be on it off. And it wouldn't be a bad idea to irrigate its eyes with a saline solution to get those cleaned out either.

Also, I read back and it looks like you're feeding a regular poultry ration to these guys. Is that like an All Flock type feed or a layer type feed? How much protein is in it? Goslings need to be on feed for baby poultry, such as a chick starter or a waterfowl starter if you can find one, or an All Flock/Flock Raiser type feed. A regular poultry ration won't have what they need nutritionally.