I'd add the nutritional yeast on top of your pellets. Absorption of nutrients is always variable, especially from individual to individual. That one just may need the bump in niacin provided by the yeast.
2 Pilgrim geese (Metzer Farms stock) looking for new homes. They're both 10 weeks old. They've been hand-raised, so they're comfortable with people.
Near Buffalo, MN. PM me if interested.
Yes, they get let out in the grass, and if the weather is poor, then I provide clippings when they are locked in the barn.
Yesterday they were out in the yard all day long, and I could still hear him squealing occasionally because she was picking at him (or attempting to).
I've got a pair of Pilgrim goslings, who just turned 5 weeks old. The female is really pulling at the feathers of the male, which he understandably doesn't like. She's pulled several feathers off his flanks, but this morning I found blood on one of his wings where the flight feathers are still...
I notice this with mine every winter. You'd think they would eat more when it's really, really cold outside, but they're sitting around conserving heat and covering their feet.
I use a string of white LED Christmas lights. They put out uniform lightning that's bright enough for me and minimizes shadows in the corners when I need to do something in there.
He looks normal to me. My profile pic is my first group of Silver Appleyards. He looks like he's just standing more straight up than the other one. Being a large breed duck, I would also expect him to be a little bigger than a mixed mallard duckling.
I would still be suspicious of it being a blue runner that's not true to type. I don't keep runners myself, but I've heard that some runners don't stand as straight and tall from certain hatcheries.
I would probably avoid ointments or creams inside the wound. If you haven't already, giving the wound one good clean-out sounds like a good idea to reduce infection risk. You could try hydrogen peroxide or even just sterile saline to clear any dead tissue or debris. These items could be...
In previous years, I had used heated dog bowls for water, but they always got frozen to the ground from dripped water and never lasted more than 1 season.
I've been using a different type of water heater that's submersible and it's been much easier...
Soaking inside for that amount of time should not affect his tolerance of cold. I've done this before, and I notice more wing-lifting inside to release heat rather than shivering when put back outside.
A happy-medium that I've done in other situations is bringing them into the garage for...