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I used penicillin when my goose was limping due to a a joint infection and it cleared up. If you search this forum you'll find dosage info. Hope that helps.

One of my female toulouse just laid an egg. She went through the normal laying process this spring and laid 40 + eggs. Is it normal for them to lay a few in the fall?

Look up diy pond filters. I made one for my 300 gallon stock tank that the geese use and with the filter I only clean it every other week. I think I spent $150 total on the project including the pump.

I had a gosling with angel wing last year that I wrapped starting at 6 weeks and she's fine now. This video was really helpful for me. This is a video file that you have to download but it's very informational. http://www.phillipsmediaservices.com/anglewinghispd.wmv

Probably too late to do anything about the size of the air sac at this point. Stop turning at day 26. Place them on their sides. The air sac should have an angle to it from the top of the egg angling down. The side that the air sac angles down to should be on top. On this image, the left side...

From what I've read legs could be due to niacin deficiency - I'd get some brewers yeast and feed it to them. I'd also supplement their diet with defrosted green peas, too. It can effect each bird a bit differently.

First, check to see how it got its beak caught. They are very curious and any holes or gaps will lead to trouble. Make sure it wasn't a family pet that got it, too. I do not think The beak will grow back but they do heal. clean it very well and Put neosporin on it. Watch for infection. I've...

I have two production toulouse geese and one gander. One of my girls started laying in early March. She suddenly stopped earlier this week. No change in diet (they're eating Mazuri Breeder), nothing that should have upset her. Is this normal? Will she start laying again? I have been removing her...

Thank you for the advice :) i will watch everyone to make sure they behave. So far no problems with grumpy ganders, hopefully it stays that way!

My goose's back feathers are very disheveled and seem to have been chewed on I can't tell if she's doing it to herself or if one of the other gooses is doing it to her. my gander did just start Mating with both of my females could that be the cause? only one of the two females has feathers like...

My male tolouse (7 mo) mated with one of my girls for the first time yesterday and it got me thinking about a Food question - Mazuri makes a breeder feed with calcium in it. Is it OK for my gander to eat as well? If not, what do you do for feed during breeding season?

I live in NH with plenty of predators - foxes, coyotes, owls, bears, raccoons, etc. so i had to put a lot of thought into my goose enclosure. This is my current goose house (the green house on the right, left is for the chickens). It's a 20x20 fenced in area with a 4x8 shed that i lock them in...

I've searched this forum and cant seem to find my answer. I have an 18 mo EE hen who was laying perfectly normal eggs. In august she went through a molt. When she started laying again her eggs were very small- 1/2 the normal size. Does anyone know why this is happening? They have a slightly...

I currently have one gosling (6 weeks) that has angel wing. I did a lot of searching on how to fix it and cam across this video. I found it very helpful so I thought I'd share! http://www.phillipsmediaservices.com/anglewinghispd.wmv I hope others find this as useful as I did.