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I would think that she would still know how to, and build a good nest. Her nest was barely there. I've only known them for three years. So I don't know how old they are.

Gee, really? You think this is the sign of an older goose winding down?

So, my wife and I and my dog: Maddie have had this three year long relationship with a Canada goose couple down at our local canal. Names: Novio & Poca. There are a number of other geese there but Novio and Poca are our most beloved friends. Thing is: in three years, they haven't had any...

Yes, I run into that trouble sometime: despite being IN the wild, some organizations say that they can't help them because they are "exotic." I think the wildlife center has ofered to help these ducks before though. Or I'll have to take them to a vet and collect donations.

Could just one blood feather cause this much blood? or would it be many?

Our wonderful friend: Sonny the pekin duck who has lived in the wild with his mate Cher has a HORRIBLE looking bloody wing. He lives with Cher on the Lambertville Canal here in Lambertville Nj. Looks like he was attacked by something. There are snapping turtles every where here, who knows what...

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Hi, I'm "friends" with two pekin ducks here in the Lambertville Nj area - Bucks County Pa. Cher & Sonny. Do pekin ducks moult: what season - when in the year? Would being in the wild affect if and when they do? Cher is going through her 2nd period of egg laying this year. Of course, being a...

GOLD !!! Finally, at last, a photo of Sonny with his wings spread. I have beautiful pics of Shelon the goose and Cher - Sonny's mate with their wings open but never Sonny. Until today.

There does seem to be tiny little white feathers growing back. Area seems whitish pale dry. Could have been, but I doubt the problem came from the pair of Canada Geese that hang around them now. They are so sweet and shy. My wife named them Napoleon and Josephine, I call them Napo and Josie. Up...

Sonny is looking much better yesterday and today. Another person who loves them said that Sonny had feathers pulled out by a "goose." I have to think he means a Canada Goose and not Sheldon the "Big Guy" his friend. OR Josephine and Napoleon who now spend so much time with them and seem so shy...

I think Sonny looked better today. The sore - best I could see - looked drier, more scaly, whiter. I'll keep looking over the next few days. Spent a LOT of time sitting where I could fed them by hand: preparing for grabbing him if I have to. Was able to pet the goose (Sheldon) for the first...

It has taken a year for Maddie to understand that these "creatures" are loved by me and therefore "family." Maddie is a "real" dog allowed to have a "brain" and her own thoughts and opinions. I imagine the dogs that harm so much wildlife - waterfowl are dogs not used to being allowed to think...

Vitamin A deficiencies, which occur in birds on poor diets (often high fat, all seed diets), may lead to enlargement of the gland due formation of a plug in the papilla. This is resolved by dislodging the plug and correcting the diet imbalance (especially increasing Vitamin A). Various tumors...

Last Summer, My Maddie and Novio the C. goose. Maddie has a hot pink knees brace for a small acl tear. She used to be terrified of water but started going into the canal up to her shoulders. Only Novio would approach her this close and follow her up and down the canal. He became more cautious...

Miss Lydia: Not aware of the other domestics on the canal. Didn't know that Swedish Blues were domestic or even what they are: someone just told that the ones that are not Mallards were Swedish Blues. There's LOTS of them: or whatever they are: making it seem that they are not domestics. I don't...

Yes, that is the photo I found, but it is too close to show the location on the back. Looking at pics of Sonny, I think maybe his sore IS down his back, low, near the base: it's just all the feathers back there that give the illusion that it's higher up. Now, I'll have to figure what the...

From the one pic I've found so far - posted it turns out on this forum somewhere - it DOES look like an infected oil gland. Problem is: the pic is too close up, can't tell exactly where the oil gland on a duck is. SO ANGRY that nowhere can I find an example of where the oil gland is located...

Just after the brutal winter started ending, about a month ago, first time the three of them came running down the path to me. This probably would have happened sooner but I walk with my dog Maddie offleash and last summer in the water only Cher was so bold to take food from right next to her...

I'll post more photos of where the sore is, and I'll research: infected oil gland. What an epic concept: not only getting a hold of Sonny - but also Cher... And, Sheldon (The "Big Guy") the Chinese White Goose who has always looked over them could die of worry if they were gone. Probably...