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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    Oh man sorry this is such a late update! I have just been super busy around the farm and with our little guy, and now I'm coming up on another busy weekend so I thought I better post it while I can. but you can take my silence as a good sign. xD So overall he is doing really good, he loves his...
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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    Well I have some great news! I guess he heard me complaining about the whole solid food situation because almost immediately afterwards he started to eat his crumples! :) But the picky guy still won't eat much of anything else, but I'm very happy he's at least become accustomed to what his...
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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    Well there is not much to update on this time either unfortunately. He is using his legs and I feel like he has really good motion in everything, but he is still unable to fully stand up and is still falling back on his knees. During his baths though he uses them both a lot, he can extend his...
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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    Sorry I've been slacking on the updates! I've just been really preoccupied with everyone recently. So he is finally using his legs on his own now but is still unable to support himself enough to walk. I've been giving him a lot more baths though, and we go outside for about an hour a day. He is...
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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    Okay well there isn't too much to update on today. He spent about an hour outside with me just laying in some grass. he was very interested in all of noises from the other birds (especially the other geese) and I think that helped to perk him up the most. Still no real movement in his legs but I...
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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    Well there certainly seems to be an improvement today! I warmed up some of his liquid foods and made some pea puree to try as well, I was afraid of it being too hot so it might have been a little cool for his taste since he was pretty picky about it all. But I held him for a while and pretty...
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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    The update for tonight! Well I got to observe a few of his new "normal" behaviors today as he's healing. Though I can't say that it really brought me any closer to figuring out exactly what is injured on him. I did get a couple more pictures and a short video to show how he holds his head/neck...
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    New teenage chicks all won't eat or drink?

    Maybe they just need some TLC? I know you said they've had almost no human contact, but it sounds like this is the time to start giving it to them. It's hard being taken away from mom and being all on your own, in your picture it looked like they were still hoping to see her somewhere out there...
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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    Okay well here is the morning update! When I checked on him this morning he was sprawled out on his right side still with his left leg stretched out, nearly on his back but he was in the "pancake" laying position with his neck stretched too. I definitely think he had some swelling that went...
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    Gosling neck broken or strained

    I have a yearling brown chinese mother that hatched two beautiful babies last week, the oldest is now a week and has been doing great but today when I went out to check on them the oldest baby was laid out on the ground and then I witnessed the mother go and stand on him. :( I don't know if...
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    Does my chick have a deformed knee? Can I help her straighten it?

    I am going to set up a smaller environment and separate her from the others. While they don't seem to be picking on her, I feel like her current area is too big for her to maneuver through. I am also thinking of putting a brace/hobbles just above her knees to try and help her to straighten the...
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    Does my chick have a deformed knee? Can I help her straighten it?

    I have been fighting to keep this little one alive these past two days, she had a very hard time hatching from her shell (Incubator, I had to assist her), she was very weak, but also got heat exhaustion from her siblings blocking her in a hot corner through the night. Now today she has enough...
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    Hen scalped! Help! (Graphic pic)

    I had something similar happen to two of my chicks at the beginning of spring, they had gotten attacked by an aggressive Guinea hen that ripped the back of their necks off, they were very serious injuries with no feathers/tissue left like on your girl. For the first couple of days I just kept...
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