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Help.. my husband thinks we need to cull this baby goose

post #1 of 17
4/5/12 at 7:12pm
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Is there anything I can do to help his legs?  He gets around by scooting and I hope that he will get stronger as he grows.  he is eating and drinking fine.  He is only one of two that hatched and I hate to leave the other one on his own. DSC02969.JPG

 

He will burrow underneath the other one and stay with his head under.

 

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any advice would be appreciated.

 

 

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post #2 of 17
4/5/12 at 7:24pm

I'm not familiar with geese, but from the looks of it might be spraddle leg...I would do a search on it and see if you can help it, alot of times with help they can recover from it.

here's a link that might be helpful to you http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html

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post #3 of 17
4/5/12 at 7:25pm

That is so sad....I hope someone has some good advice for you!

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post #4 of 17
4/5/12 at 8:00pm
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Originally Posted by Domestic_goddess View Post

I'm not familiar with geese, but from the looks of it might be spraddle leg...I would do a search on it and see if you can help it, alot of times with help they can recover from it.
here's a link that might be helpful to you http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html

I agree. This can be fixed.

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post #5 of 17
4/5/12 at 8:37pm
One of my first goslings this year had spraddle legs, I used the rubber band method that I found on a post here. After a couple of days with the rubber band he was up and around just like his other hatch mates. I can't remember the post but if you search spraddle legs, you should find instructions.

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post #6 of 17
4/6/12 at 6:30am
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thanks everyone. i will do a search now
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post #7 of 17
4/6/12 at 6:32am
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followed the thread and found the answer. just hope i didnt wait to long. this one is 4 days old
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post #8 of 17
4/7/12 at 1:42pm

How is he doing?

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post #9 of 17
4/7/12 at 3:24pm
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I have had a really hard time trying to get it right. It is standing now but one leg is turned outwards. so it is an improvenment as it can stand and walk instead of scooting. I will keep you updated.. thanks for the help
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post #10 of 17
4/7/12 at 8:51pm
Good to hear that he is up on his feet. I just had to band another gosling that hatched a couple days ago, he was banded for a day and he managed to get the rubber band off on his own. With just 24 hours he went from his legs straight out to his sides to walking and hopping a bit. Hopefuly your gosling will get stronger with time, now that he is up.
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