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    11-week-old American Buff gosling, periodic swollen joints in one leg / episodes of inability to stand & walk on it. Diagnostics showed nothing. Help?

    She started with the limp at the end of Feb . The avian vet put her on SMZ TMP 960mg. And Meloxicam 7.5 mg anti inflammatory for 14 days and never saw any improvement. The ordeal of trying to administer was worse than her enduring the limp. It was almost as if she was reinjuring herself when I...
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    • Forum: Geese
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    Limping Buff goose, no apparent cause.

    She has been on Mazuri Layer and likes to eat my other hens food which is a nix of meat bird crumbles and nutrena harvest blend. So I would think the protein would be high enough. I am starting her on Poultry Cell today to see if there is an improvement. It is hard to know if she is still...
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    • Forum: Geese
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    11-week-old American Buff gosling, periodic swollen joints in one leg / episodes of inability to stand & walk on it. Diagnostics showed nothing. Help?

    How is your goose doing? My buff girl at 10 months old did the same thing and I took her to the vet as well. Did x-rays and put on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory 14 days with little improvement. She can walk but is still limping which just gets worse by end of each day. She too came from...
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    Limping Buff goose, no apparent cause.

    My buff girl 10 months old has been laying eggs since dec! Also on Mazuri since birth . She started limping end of Feb. Took her to the vet. Has no bumblefoot or foot injury so they xrayed for a break as well as to see if she was egg bound. Both normal. Put her on an antibiotic and anti...
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    • Post #17
    • Forum: Geese
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    Trying to give meds

    That's nice for a smaller duck but I know my bigger goose would fight me if I tried that. My pills are halved and quartered so rough edges as well. I've read peanut butter or cream cheese may help it go down without aspiration. No experience with that. Thank you good idea. I lost patience...
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    Trying to give meds

    Need some suggestions on best way to give my 10 month old Buff girl meds . She sprained her leg and vet prescribed anti inflammatory and antibiotic. Was successful in hiding them in romaine lettuce 1st 2 doses. Now she has wised up and refuses. I tried small pieces of watermelon and she...
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    Valley Hatchery LLC

    Thanks for response! I did wind up ordering from Stromberg's. They really had bad reviews so I did not expect a good outcome. Their silkies were very reasonably priced. Fortunately they - all 10 ordered- survived and are thriving. I actually wound up with 11. They sent 3 extra babies in...
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    SILKIE FEED ADVICE

    I have 7 month old silkies hens and roosters as well as 2 Wynadotte and 2 Buff Braham hens. I fed my silkies Nutrena silkie chick food when babies but when I switched to layer pellets(Nutrena) specifically for the silkies they refused to eat. I switched to Harvest blend and meat bird crumbles...
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    Geese refuse to go in at night

    I have 2 buff girls and found myself having to move them into a 6x6x4 ft h pen from a 10x20 ft run due to chicken math lol. The only way I could coax is with romaine lettuce. Watermelon is also their favorite treat. And by treat they don't get often. So at bedtime I consistently said" it is...
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    • Forum: Geese
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    Steam Cleaner for mites/lice

    You are correct. After research I plan to use Premethrin dust until warmer temps. I will use the steam to deep clean later when it warms up in late spring along with Elector. The heat only process requires you to hold the heat in 1 place for at least 10 min. Too time consuming. Thanks for reply!
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    Steam Cleaner for mites/lice

    I wonder then if just a hair dryer on high heat would do the trick? Can't remember at what temp kills them.
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    Steam Cleaner for mites/lice

    Temps during day hover in 40's-50's but at night dip down in 20's. Thought on a sunny day since humidity is so low right now it may work. Apparently they do this in Europe and have great success.
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    Steam Cleaner for mites/lice

    I suspect 1 of my Buff geese has mites or lice. She keeps picking at spot on her breast and picking Out feathers. I have Elector Psp but have never used yet. I also have silkies, buff brahmans and wynadotte chickens. My concern with psp is they recommend soaking the feathers. It has been...
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    sweet heater

    I am using an overhead 40 inch sweeter heater for my silkies since they sleep in a pile on the floor of my run. They won't go in their small coop inside my 20 x10 ft run. They do use it. You do have to hang no more than 20 inches from ground for full benefit. My only problem is that I have...
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    Should silkies be force into coop during winter?

    🤣🤣🤣 I now have the visual...too cute! No I don't but good idea.
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