Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

[13 chickens]

my gosling is still struggling, what should I do

 

[RURU]

Just keep making sure that the gosling is drinking plenty of water and putting it's nose to clean out the nostrils... You have to make sure always that the water is deep enough for them to clean the nostrils or nares as they call them.
If this gosling does not get the nares cleaned out I am not sure what will happen to it...?

 

[marquisella]

Quote: I do that on my old vinegar containers for my chickens...I'll make one for the goslings but with a smaller hole. Thanks!

 

[Miss Lydia]

my gosling is still struggling, what should I do

you could try putting your gosling into a warm bath with water just up to top of legs, just to see if it will clean out it nares on it's own. be sure not to let it chill I'd only leave it with supervision in the water about 5 mins. then pat dry or blow dry with drier on low heat then put right back into brooder under lamp to finish drying. Now what is going on with your gosling maybe something entirely different we are not there and can't see what it's doing, it could be pneumonia. which they can get if the shaving in the brooder stay wet and ammonia builds up. you tell us about your set up and all that pertains to up keep of the goslings and brooder, and How is the lil gosling this morning?

 

[muus]

when I have young I use a cheap plastic bowl that you can store left over in that has a lid, i cut out a hole just large enough for them to be able to stick their whole head into then as they grow i make the hole larger, till they can go outside, this way they can wash their faces but keep the brooder drier. You can put a heavy rock in the bottom to keep them from tipping the bowl over. Old cool whip bowl with lid or butter tub will work too.

here's another one

always make sure the holes aren't big enough they can climb into them though.

How old are this goslings?

 

[Miss Lydia]

How old are this goslings?

I have no idea I found this pic in the BYC archives just to give an idea on how to make waterers for water fowl. they look like maybe a week or 2 old??

 

[muus]

This are mine and they have two weeks...

They weight 220 grams the two big, and the samller 160 grams.

 

[Miss Lydia]

This are mine and they have two weeks...

They weight 220 grams the two big, and the samller 160 grams.

They sure are adorable, do you also have the parents? What breed are they?

 

[KenyannaDyer]

This post was very helpful for me! Two days ago 7 out of 12 of my geese eggs hatched!

 

[muus]

They sure are adorable, do you also have the parents? What breed are they?

No, I bought the eggs for a project of imprinting. Yo can see the thread,https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/870801/mother-goose-project/10#post_13317573.
They are the grey domestic goose, like greylag.