OMG! I am such a dope! It all makes sense now. Yesterday, she didn't want to stand up. I checked and re-checked her feet to make sure nothing was wrong. She also wouldn't spread her wings like she normally did. I am a dope! I've just been around chickens for too long. But the calcium deficiency...
I wish I had good news to report.
Lucy peacefully past away this morning at around 10:30.
Just when I thought we were past what was wrong. She seemed better last night and even earlier this morning. She even ate a little this morning. I don't really know what happened. There was a noise...
I noticed her acting different today, early this evening. She seemed fine yesterday and early this morning. After her 'bath' I dried her off with a warm hair dryer. She is curled up in a towel in my spare bathroom now. To be honest, I think she likes all the attention and spoiling. She went a...
Help! My year old, female, Sebby isn't doing well. I noticed her just sitting in the middle of the yard in some mud. I put food out, but she acted like she wasn't interested. I brought her in the house and filled the bath with water. It has been raining for the last few days, so their pool isn't...
I have a question. Lucy my Sebastopol goose is 1 year old and fairly friendly,( to myself). I have 'ordered' another Sebastopol, this one is a gander. (same age, hatched last year). I will be picking him up in a couple of weeks. What, how..... is the best way to introduce them? This is my first...
At what age does a Sebastopol hen (jenny) will start laying for the first time? I have one sebby goose that hatched last Easter. (will be a year old next month) I'm still not 100% sure if it is male or female. He/she has more curly feathers and looks to be pied (? I think that is what they call...
Thanks everyone. All I know about parents is from a picture and they both where white. And I don't know if there were any mixing of colors down their line. This is my first experince with a goose and I wasn't 100% on how to tell. (Like ducks, the curl in the tail. Or a difference in making...
I was wondering if anyone is able to tell by my picture if the baby goose I hatched is male or female. I've done some reading and from what I understand that the darker ones are usually female and lighter are males. Well, I only had this one to hatch. I have been calling it a female, but I'm not...