Chick crumb

[pablo_honey1981]

I have a 7 day old Sebastopol gosling. My son accidentally gave her food to our peacocks so I had to rush to the store to get her some food. I got this. Is this OK to feed her?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

No, that's medicated and not formulated for waterfowl. I would get the correct ration ASAP.

 

[pablo_honey1981]

Will it do for now before proper stuff arrives? Will it do her harm? Would i be better off feeding her something else before proper gosling food comes?

 

[Goosebaby]

It will do briefly. The medicated bit isn’t harmful to waterfowl, but the low amount of B vitamins is.
In the mean time if you can find a liquid B complex to add to their water or nutritional yeast to dust over the feed that would be good.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Will it do for now before proper stuff arrives? Will it do her harm? Would i be better off feeding her something else before proper gosling food comes?

I agree it will be okay for a couple of days. Are you also feeding it grass, and or greens? That will help too.

 

[pablo_honey1981]

I have marmite and high strength vitamin B complex tablets (for humans) in the house! Are they of any use?

 

[pablo_honey1981]

I've taken her out onto the grass to have a nibble and a tug, as she does that to everything else, but seems only mildly interested in the lawn. She's eaten picked grass I've given her and some salad leaves as well.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I've taken her out onto the grass to have a nibble and a tug, as she does that to everything else, but seems only mildly interested in the lawn. She's eaten picked grass I've given her and some salad leaves as well.

When they are younger I usually pick grass, and chop it smaller with a scissors for them. Since geese mainly eat grass it's good to increase it daily for them. Fresh young grass has a lot of nutrients.

 

[NatJ]

It will do briefly. The medicated bit isn’t harmful to waterfowl, but the low amount of B vitamins is.

I notice the medication is lasolocid sodium, not the amprolium we most commonly see in the USA. Is that still okay?

 

[Goosebaby]

I notice the medication is lasolocid sodium, not the amprolium we most commonly see in the USA. Is that still okay?

Well that changes things. Lasolocid sodium (Bovatec/ Avatec) has been added to cattle and chicken feed for ages but a growing number of vets and studies have warned against it’s use. In cattle overdose can cause serious issues with cell damage to the heart and other organs, and overdose can be caused by just a simple mixing issue at the mill.
For chickens, according to this study below “ Consequently, no safe dose can be established by the tolerance study submitted. Concurrent administration of lasalocid with tiamulin and certain other medicinal substances should be avoided.”

https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4857


So in other words if that’s absolutely all you have to feed them then you can in the mean time until you can get a different feed but it’s not entirely safe…