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Great to hear they are both doing great!

how's your gander

That is awesome news!!!

Never know till you ask, I have they just won't. seems they order in bulk and being we only have 1 feed store that can do what they want.

The closest we can get to water fowl feed is Purina Flock Raiser. I guess there has to be a demand for it before a feed store will carry it.

Sorry to hear that but now she can get back to normal. They'll try again there is plenty of time since breeding season has just begun. There is Liquid B3 http://www.bing.com/search?q=liquid+b3+niacin&qs=AS&sk=AS2&pq=liquid+b3&sc=3-9&sp=3&FORM=QBLH&cvid=b01714686e7e432b82c0d08ea5d811e1 probably...

I'm thinking at least 500 megs in the niacin maybe even higher, thinking this because last year someone had this problem with their goose and they started out with lower dose with out improvement and went to 500 megs and saw significant improvement. Progress is great even if slow. So hopefully...

I'd be sure to check the rest then,I understand first year geese can have fertility problems.How's the gander doing?

I only have a large plastic kiddy pool for my flock most of us aren't blessed with a pond. but since it's winter they haven't had any water to bathe in or exercise in. But he maybe hitting on a couple things like exercise being confined they haven't been walking much and lack of greens, We have...

Putting some Activated charcoal into his water wouldn't stress him out as long as he is drinking. But yes having a vet is a good idea the best actually, please let us know what he says. Candling eggs is fairly easy all you need is a dark room and a really good flash light I like the LED because...

What did the vet say to look for? and about cleaning, She's going to be upset but you really need to candle those eggs, if she is sitting on duds then she is using up alot of energy for nothing and brooding is very hard on them, they don't eat much and they don't get much exercise. But I...

Any news on your gander?

Here is a link to treating for Toxins, I like to use the activated charcoal and have used it on some of my flock my dogs when they ate something dead and even on myself when i had a touch of food poisoning https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/700526/flushes-for-aiding-in-toxin-removal#post_9508213

Could have some kind of infection, a vet would be your best bet at this stage. Poultry [water fowl] can hide sickness so well sometimes they are just about gone before we even realize something is wrong. Hows the feed look could it have gotten moldy?

And that is usually how it happens with niacin dif. and I cannot say for sure that's what it is but sure sounds like it. I see your dilemma, when my goose was sitting I would wait for her to go out for her daily R&R then go in and clean, can your geese wander around inside your garage? you could...

Can they get any sunshine at all? maybe he is lacking some vitamin D, might try adding some cod liver oil to their feed and see if it makes a difference, also Niacin can you get brewers yeast? that you can sprinkle on their feed or buy 500megs of Plain niacin not time released or flush free just...

How old are they? did you check him for injuries? what do you feed them? I don't think this has anything to do with the nest.

Once you put your geese outside protected or not you'll be amazed at the predators you thought you didn't have, and coons and foxes are 2 of the worst preds for water fowl. both swim well too. Roaming dogs come in at top of list to...

That's a very nice pen. and they are beautiful geese, of course I'm partial having an Embden of my own. I have read of others that have large ponds having their own geese and wild ones coming in the spring, not sure if there'd be any problems other than normal territorial disputes but they will...

Not sure if geese would use a floating duck/goose house, but I will say this predators do swim and well so anytime your water fowl are out side of an enclosed house or pen at night you are taking a risk of them being killed and eaten. Training them to go into a secure pen and run of an evening...