Recent content by Johansen
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Baby goslings, care and questions
You can feed some plain starter, non medicated, however it is too rich for a complete diet. There will be several big problems. Get gras or other greens to them, even it you have to use scissors to cut some weeds or buy veggies from the grocery. don't feed at night, they eat too much, not... -
Feeding Goslings
I have noticed that ducks and geese like their food wet, very wet. They strain it out with the little "teeth" just inside the edge of their beaks. Ducks poke around for worms and bugs in any natural mud areas and strain them out of the slurry. And yes, grass grass and more grass for the geese... -
Problems with Sebastopol geese
One of my Sebastopol goslings looks like it's got a crest, somewhat down on the neck. Is this a "known" phenomenon for these geese? Is it like the crested ducks? (a problem) The gosling is about 6 weeks old and thriving with attentions of 4 sebastopol adults in a pasture. Thanks. J -
Problems with Sebastopol geese
I started about 4 years ago. Have discovered the following : if you feed only chick starter you will have 100% " Angel Wing" problems due to excessively fast growth. They must have reduced calories and protein. The solution is grass, the natural food for these geese. Lawn grass, pasture...