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Goose-sitter says our goose is sick, possibly dying
Okay, I will ask him to try that. There's no guaranteed analysis of the feed, unfortunately. I am not sure if she's going to make it through the night. -
Goose-sitter says our goose is sick, possibly dying
She's never laid very much. Maybe 5 eggs when she was 1.5 years old or so, and 2 or 3 eggs the next year and none in the last year. I am not sure if the heat is an issue, to be honest. She comes from a long line of Chinese geese raised in Cambodia and it does not seem to be a problem for any of... -
Goose-sitter says our goose is sick, possibly dying
He says her poop is green. -
Goose-sitter says our goose is sick, possibly dying
@Miss Lydia do you have any suggestions? I am so worried but I don't think anything is possible because I am not there. -
Goose-sitter says our goose is sick, possibly dying
I'm sorry that I don't have more details (our goose-sitter is not a native English speaker) but apparently our four-year-old goose Sopheap has been sluggish for the last few days and sitting a lot more than usual, but still getting up and walking around. Today she is not getting up at all. She... -
Blended goose families
We are moving to the UK, but I think we will not have birds there. It is absolutely heartbreaking to leave our little flock and I don't know how long we will stay in our next place. -
Blended goose families
Thanks, @Miss Lydia. Is there anything we can do at this point? We are still here a few more days and can intervene if necessary. I really want them all to be happy. :( I thought we'd bring them over, the old gander would beat our gander up a bit and establish the pecking order, and it would be... -
Blended goose families
We are moving countries and because we live in an avian flu area, we cannot bring our flock (1 goose, 1 gander, 1 drake, and 1 duck) with us. We've found a new home for them with a friend who also has a goose and a gander. All of the geese and ducks are about 4 years old. Our gander is very... -
Duck getting bullied by other ducks
She was only separated for the first few days. But she sort of separated herself because she was too busy caring for ten ducklings to hang out with her friends. I think we are just going to get rid of the male muscovy because I can't stand watching him be such a jerk. -
Duck getting bullied by other ducks
We have three muscovys, three pekin-types, and two geese. Previously the pekin ducks and the geese were tight and the muscovys were a little group of their own. One of our muscovys just had 10 ducklings and after six or so weeks we gave them away. We noticed soon after that the mama muscovy... -
Duckling can't open his eyes
Two Muscovy ducklings hatched and are doing well. Another duckling, possibly Pekin, was ALMOST there and I think got stepped on in the nest and died. One reason why a heavy, clumsy goose might not be a great choice for hatching ducklings. -
Duckling can't open his eyes
Nevermind. I thought he was older than he was, and after a few hours he perked up and opened his eyes. -
Duckling can't open his eyes
We got a new Muscovy duckling that hatched last night and it can't open its eyes. I tried using a wet q-tip and can open his eyes with that, but then the snap back shut and he doesn't seem to be able to open them himself. Any suggestions? -
Candled egg and it's pure black but I can hear noise inside...should I be worried?
I have a barometer in my house and the temperature is currently 90 degrees with 66 percent humidity, so I'd say outside, under the ducks/goose it should be very humid. But they also haven't had great access to water because the pond isn't super close to them and we've had a drought so it's... -
Candled egg and it's pure black but I can hear noise inside...should I be worried?
Thanks, I will do that. I think the situation is confused by having so many mothers sitting on the egg, but our goose hatched a duck egg a few weeks ago, but only one of three actually made it out of the shell. I know I shouldn't interfere, but I am hoping more than one survives this time. -
Candled egg and it's pure black but I can hear noise inside...should I be worried?
I just took the eggs inside for a minute so I could candle them better and the one that looked black has actually internally pipped and is trying to get out, but is covering most of the shell. It was the same 24 hours ago. At what point should I put a tiny hole in the egg? I'm worried because... -
Candled egg and it's pure black but I can hear noise inside...should I be worried?
We have three duck eggs being sat on alternately by a duck and goose (see my previous post). One has pipped and is working its way out of the egg but the membrane is very thick and tough so I made a tiny hole in the membrane to help it (it had already gotten out of the shell). The other two have... -
Goose hatching duck eggs?
Candle them and see which ones are fertile and remove the others. I put an X on the ones that stay, to make sure that if the ducks lay new eggs in the nest the goose won't sit on them as well. I wouldn't leave more than 10 or 15 under her in total, personally. Too many to handle. -
Broody goose drama
My female goose is two years old. In a previous thread I mentioned that my gander adores her but won't mate with her. This hasn't stopped her from going broody, though. She was sitting on a bunch of duck eggs in the duck house (it's a small house where the ducks lay eggs but don't live) so I...