Help !!! hatching goose egg !!

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Thanks for the link .. They have a heat bulb and they have food and water
Is there any type of food they should not eat ??
 
RIR0BCM said:
Thanks for the link .. They have a heat bulb and they have food and water
Is there any type of food they should not eat ??
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Layer for one and I understand some say no medicated chick feed, I've always fed an all flock I can't get duck feed here. You might want to buy some Nutritional yeast of Brewers yeast and sprinkle about 1 tab to 1-2 cups of feed since chick feed doesn't have the amount of niacin water fowl babies need to have strong legs and they can also have neurological problems if they get niacin deficient.Not baking yeast though.

Any more pips and do you have the 2 gosling together?
 
Miss Lydia said:
Adorable pics and Congrats on all 3 of them. as for food they usually don't eat for the first 24 hours because they are living on the yolk sac they absorbed, after that though you need to offer chick feed not laying feed too much calcum in the layer. offer food and water both together because they need to be able to wash their food down and clean out their nares. make sure you keep them warm too very important they don't chill.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/raising-and-caring-for-goslings
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Miss Lydia said:
Layer for one and I understand some say no medicated chick feed, I've always fed an all flock I can't get duck feed here. You might want to buy some Nutritional yeast of Brewers yeast and sprinkle about 1 tab to 1-2 cups of feed since chick feed doesn't have the amount of niacin water fowl babies need to have strong legs and they can also have neurological problems if they get niacin deficient.Not baking yeast though.

Any more pips and do you have the 2 gosling together?
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Poly-vi-sol with out iron is good to keep on hand if you can't get the brewers yeast. It's in the infant vitamins.

RIR0BCM said:
Thanks for the link .. They have a heat bulb and they have food and water
Is there any type of food they should not eat ??
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if you give them anything besides the chick feed they will need grit. Also any grass ect you give make sure to shop it small.
 
Yes the goslings are together .
Still no pips .
The goslings are eating and drinking ....ill try to find a high quality gosling starter feed
Right now im feeding them chicks starter mix and today i took them outside to forage they didnt eat much but they had so much fun !!!

And today i moved the goose and the gander to their new home its inside the barn with the sheep
(Seperated of course )
They just love it they have so much space they are not caged they are free to roam the whole place !!
 
RIR0BCM said:
Yes the goslings are together .
Still no pips .
The goslings are eating and drinking ....ill try to find a high quality gosling starter feed
Right now im feeding them chicks starter mix and today i took them outside to forage they didnt eat much but they had so much fun !!!

And today i moved the goose and the gander to their new home its inside the barn with the sheep
(Seperated of course )
They just love it they have so much space they are not caged they are free to roam the whole place !!
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Awesome do you plan on giving the little ones to them at some point? I gave my adults their little ones when they were 3 weeks old but they had met them alot before then. Remember to offer chick grit if they eat anything besides their starter.
and more pics when you have a chance.
 
RIR0BCM said:
What if the parents hurt them ?
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you take the babies out in nice weather and have the parents on one side of the fence the gosling on the other and let them meet, but I'd be real surprised if they would injure the littles geese love babies. But you have to supervise at all times, I'd take mine out and sit with them the adults geese would come around very curious at first then they would start following us me first gosling behind me adults bringing up the rear. One reason i waited till the gosling were 3 weeks old was I was worried more about them getting stepped on than intentionally injured. I tend to be over protective. But by 3 weeks they were sturdy enough and large enough to go out with them permanent. It's such an experience watching the parents with their babies.
 
Miss Lydia said:
you take the babies out in nice weather and have the parents on one side of the fence the gosling on the other and let them meet, but I'd be real surprised if they would injure the littles geese love babies. But you have to supervise at all times, I'd take mine out and sit with them the adults geese would come around very curious at first then they would start following us me first gosling behind me adults bringing up the rear. One reason i waited till the gosling were 3 weeks old was I was worried more about them getting stepped on than intentionally injured. I tend to be over protective. But by 3 weeks they were sturdy enough and large enough to go out with them permanent. It's such an experience watching the parents with their babies.
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I have a small fenced area inside of the goose yard for small babies to roam on nice days. The adults talk to them and are often sitting against the fence with the babies on the other side. If the babies are doing well and I'm done gathering eggs to hatch I'll give mine to the adults at two weeks. I've not had a problem yet.
 
Nice im going to try that when they are 3 week old .
Heres a random question ..
Can geese attack snakes ? Or eat them ?
Yesterday we found a poisonous snake in the barn i know snakes can kill horses ,sheep,goats,dogs,cats etc...
But can or will a snake attack geese ? Are geese smart enough to realize that (snakes=danger) or will they try to attack it ???
 
Yes they will realize it's dangerous.. and will make a lot of racket However I don't think the geese would try to attack it, however if they get bit it could be deadly
 

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