Its amazing but my birds love slurping and pulling up the grain at the bottom of the bowl. Gotten allot of don't feel good birds to eat that way. When we go to a show thats how I feed them there under so much stress they dont want to eat or drink. But a goose is always up for a play toy. Grain...
A pan of water by here nest with whole wheat or a little cracked corn in the bottom can help. first stages of brooding are all crazy hormonal. They have a scheduled to keep. And yes no matter what you do they will loose weight. Totally normal.