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Geese losing feathers; mites?
Our 3 month old goslings are losing a lot of feathers. Is this normal, or do they have mites? (We haven't seen any on them yet but their down is super thick, it's hard to even find their skin). We do have a spray for mites against chickens that we could use on the geese as well, but I'm not... -
When do imprinted geese lose the need to stick with their 'parents'? (wild-ish greylag geese; also a general LONG update!))
TLDR: Biggest question is in bold! So some background information: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-gosling-mama.1382898/... -
Goslings learning to fly!
So as I've mentioned somewhere in an introduction topic, we've got two graylag goslings that we found without parents. We've got a home set up for them if they want it, but we're pretty much hoping they can still be set free when they're all grown. So we're trying to introduce them to an area... -
Goslings out in rain
Hello all, if you've seen my intro post: since about 5 weeks we've been the adoptive parents of 2 goslings. Things are going great so far (though unfortunately once they can fly they need to leave us, since we don't have the space for geese in our small backyard :(). So far, this site and forum... -
New gosling mama
Hello all, a new member here from the Netherlands :) We've had chickens for about 7 years now and that's going fine, we've got resources a plenty. However since this spring we've been the adoptive parents of 2 goslings (found parentless and desperate for big animals to take them in). As you...- Leraje
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