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Beautiful pictures RURU!

I only have 2 sebastopol geese; Goosey who is 4.5 months old, and Gooser who is 6 weeks old. I'm fairly certain that they get their exercise. Whenever I'm out with them, we run back and forth up and down the hill. They love spreading and flapping their wings while running down. Their coop is...

Thank-you! I did some more research and it's definitely angel wing. Not TWT. It was probably caused by the high protein feed. The 18% "all flock" feed is the only local feed available that isn't meant for laying hens or baby chicks. I'll search for a different feed mill that may carry a...

I need some advice with a Sebastopol gosling. He's 6 weeks old and he is developing his wing feathers which are currently 3 inches long. He started having trouble supporting them, but I figured it was simply because they were heavy and that he would gain the strength in a couple of days...

Goose-lynn passed away. When she started showing those symptoms, I knew that she wouldn't make it. She lasted for about 9 hours after that was posted. I was worried that it was because of her strange navel, so I talked myself into investigating to help save the other gosling. Believe me, it...

One of my 2 goslings appears ill... She isn't walking, she's breathing heavily, closing her eyes, and shivering (at about 97 degrees). Both navels are still the same size, except they are now discolored and drying because of the iodine tincture I've been applying. I switched to an...

Thanks! That gives me some hope. I tried to take pictures of it, but I have an older camera and they all turned out extremely blurry... They look similar to this, but not quite as bad: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/533785/deformed-gosling-help-please-asap See how the navel...

I'm fairly certain that it's not yolk. I'm new to hatching goslings, but I've hatched chicks for many years and this doesn't look like an unabsorbed yolk sac. As soon as they hatched, it felt like a small piece of muscle. It was fairly hard, not soft like a yolk. Neither of them show any...

It says that betadine spray is a 5% povidone-iodine solution. I have iodine tincture available as well as a 10% povidone-iodine solution. Which do you recommend I use? Have you dealt with something similar in the past?

I've been putting iodine tincture on it to prevent infection. Is that similar to the betadine spray? By the way, both goslings hatched out this way... I'm wondering if it has to do with the incubator conditions...

I hope that yours hatches! It seems like they take forever to zip after they externally pip.

One of my hatching goslings has a bit of yellow liquid underneath the inner membrane. Is this normal? or am I dealing with a ruptured yolk sac? My Sebastopol goose only laid 2 fertile eggs this year, so I really want these goslings to survive.

I took her out for the first time 2 days ago. She had lots of fun, but it was only 45 degrees and tonight we are getting more snow. I'm hoping that I'll be able to let her outside regularly in a week or two.

Hi everyone! I hatched out a little Sebastopol gosling a month ago. The egg came from Celtic Oaks Farms. Is it normal for their legs and beak to be pale at one month old? She's been eating kale and chick starter along with water supplemented with niacin. Also, I'm hoping to pick up a pair...