I would totally agree with you, never less than three We already have several ducks and Sebastopol geese so when they’re ready to move out of the brooder and be introduced, there is quite the flock waiting for them. This little one was so upset alone, I knew I had to get her a brooder buddy...
That’s when I ordered as well. I have a friend expecting chicks the first week of May and I told her to not risk it. Honestly, my advice to anyone now is to cancel. This week I also I had chicks that did arrive on time, but out of 8, 3 died by noon. The post office is not handling these birds...
That’s sadly my understanding. One gosling made it. She was very distressed this morning when she was all alone . She has a new pekin friend the same age and size now thanks to our local feed store 🙌🏻
Thank you so much for answering. I tried scrambled eggs, but she refuses to eat anything at all. I like your idea of making a very thin mush of the crumble and using a syringe, I will give that a try. I can force the liquids in her but I know that if she doesn’t start eating she’s not going to...
I posted earlier, our gosling’s were stuck in the US mail. Shipped on Monday and only arrived this morning. Their grow gel was totally gone and best pack no longer warm. I have tried everything - electrolyte water, water with sugar, she seemed to do better for a while around 10am but as the...
I’ll get some now. They currently have water mixed with chick probiotic powder, a bit of sugar and a vitamin & electrolyte powder to make sure they get niacin. They are much more interested in drinking now, no interest in food at all. I mixed up some crumble with warm water into it very soupy...
Thank you for responding so quickly 💛They were shipped with gel, but it was completely empty. Heat pack no longer warm. Fortunately the weather this week wasn’t too cold. They traveled from California to New York and sat in the hands of the US PS for 2 extra days. They were ordered from my pet...
And any other advice you may have is appreciated. FYI they are under a heating plate, very snug together. One has come out for some water. I do have a little dish of feed mixed with water but no interest yet. The one is still so fragile and sleepy ☹️
HELP, our ducklings and gosling shipped out Monday and only arrived at post office today Friday . The ducklings were dead but goslings are stil alive. I’ve been putting droplets of water with electrolytes probiotics and a spoon of sugar on their beaks. What else can I do? They’re under the...
Thanks, so appreciate your advice . They’re curled up tightly together under their heating plate. Their gel was completely empty in their shipping box . My heart is 💔 over what they went through
HELP, our ducklings and gosling shipped out Monday and only arrived at post office today Friday . The ducklings were dead but goslings are stil alive. I’ve been putting droplets of water with electrolytes probiotics and a spoon of sugar on their beaks. What else can I do? They’re under the...
I'll just say that an automatic door would never work for our Sebastapols and runner ducks. Long after the chickens have put themselves to roost for the night, our water birds are still playing around in the run and splashing in their pond. It is easier in winter to get them in (some nights...
Because I think everyone should have geese🙂.... you could do a pair of females, unless you specifically want a breeding pair. Our girls are super friendly and we even had a city slicker friend stay with our chickens, ducks and geese and dogs for a week when we went away and everyone survived!
This, 100%. You need to accustom your geese to walking into their coop for the night with as little silliness as possible ASAP and that quite possibly does mean you need to enlarge their door. I can't imagine wrassling in the dark with a full grown goose that wants to stay up past their...