Baby gosling wants to sit all the time

[Tookie]

Hi and welcome to BYC!

 

[swampfox440]

Hi, welcome to BYC! pleased to meet you and thanks for joining us.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! It's nice to meet you!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[Brooklyn330]

Welcome to BYC! I don’t have any experience with geese, But I would provide vitamins just in case.

Thank you. I believe you’re right. I wasn’t giving electrolytes and maybe need more niacin.

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

Welcome to BYC!

Hello, and welcome to BYC. I'd provide vitamin supplementation (including Niacin) 'just in case'.

Always best to start there if there's no other symptoms.

Best of luck! Ducklings are the cutest!

 

[Boppo]

Glad to meet you. Good luck with that sitter-downer gosling. It sounds cute now, but it can't be good. Vitamins have been suggested by some experienced folks. You might also try posting to the Goose forum to see if goose afficionados have anything else to add.

 

[Isadora]

Thank you. I believe you’re right. I wasn’t giving electrolytes and maybe need more niacin.

That gosling absolutely needs niacin. Waterfowl are prone to niacin deficiencies and should be supplemented to avoid any further issues down the line. I hatched a couple of goslings last year and one of them had the same like weakness that yours is displaying. After I started supplementing with nutritional yeast The gosling was perfectly normal within a couple of weeks.
You could also get some vitamin b complex at a farm store if you can't find nutritional yeast.

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined our flock.
Best of luck with your gosling.