Update 2
Sadly, our little girl goose passed today. She was very weak all day, minimally drinking, and not eating. We tried more dropper feeding with the electrolytes, as well as honey water, but she just never perked up. She had settled in for a nap and looked very serene, but sadly just didn’t...
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Everyone made it through the night, we even had monitors set up so we could keep tabs on them from our bedroom. We dropped fed girl goose as we were concerned with her not drinking anything (even when dipping her beak into the water). She allowed us and we got a few ccs of solution...
No pasty bums here. The towel has been a nice alternative, we can see their poos clearly, and have been picking them up and out when seen. They are well ventilated, we have a fan pulling air out of their room that kicks on if it goes over a certain temperature.
They are on unmedicated food, and off spinach now. They seem to really enjoy the kale, and are eating grit along with it. Our girl goose seems disinterested in food and water, and is pretty lethargic. Still trying to figure out what’s going on. Per the suggestion of another commenter, we removed...
Thank you, it’s really hard to watch this happen. Per your suggestion, we just switched out all the cedar and vacuumed the area well. They could be suffering from an allergy or inhalation issue. The boys seem to be doing ok, eating like champs and drinking (and pooping and pooping). Our girl...
We started them on cedar chips, and transitioned to cedar chips mixed with straw. We had an area of dry tarp (no chips) under the water feeder so the chips/straw wouldn’t get wet.
We have a heat lamp, and now am questioning its application as I can’t remember where I purchased it. It is a...
They are over the two week mark, and do move away, we typically have only had the lamp on at night.
I will put a temperature in there to monitor things.
The bulb is from a feed store, for brooding.
It doesn’t seem excessively hot, and they can move far enough away from it to not be under it. It’s pointed straight down, they sitting under it after water time.
Hello all,
We have 18 day old ducklings (2) and goslings (4). By the time my husband noticed the girl duck wasn’t breathing and she was already gone, and while trying to stimulate her to see if he could possibly save her the boy duck started having labored breathing too. Within 30 minutes both...
Hello all,
We have 18 day old ducklings (2) and goslings (4). By the time my husband noticed the girl duck wasn’t breathing and she was already gone, and while trying to stimulate her to see if he could possibly save her the boy duck started having labored breathing too. Within 30 minutes both...