@rebbecka All I know is some water fowl just need more than what chick starter offers so we supplement now to make sure he gets it in a natural form I'd use Brewers yeast or Nutritional yeast both are natural and believe me if it is a nutritional def you'll know in less than a week. To me it is...
@rebbecka Are you giving him extra niacin? Water fowl need more than what chick feed has in it. This could be a niacin deficiency and the tick just made it worse. It's an easy fix though 125 megs of plain niacin tablets crushed up into 1 gallon of drinking water or 1 Tab of Brewers yeast or...
Aww poor baby glad you found it they can cause sickness too so keep a close eye on the gosling.. I hope removing it takes care of the redness and swelling.
@rebbecka Forgot to ask you if your adding anything like Brewers yeast or plain niacin to the feed or water? it is very important that water fowl get this because most of us have to feed chick starter and it doesn't contain the amount of niacin water fowl need for strong legs and brains. So if...
@rebbecka You can try putting so ACV into his water and maybe it will help clear out anything that maybe causing the breathing odd, What kind of bedding are you using? Cedar is a no no it sends off an oder that is harmful to poultry And heat lamp and wet bedding with the ammonia build up can...