Crossed beak Sebbie

[crj]

Hello,

I don't know if any of you have ever heard of a goose having a crossed beak but I saw one for myself. A friend of mine got some hatchery sebbies about 5 months ago. I recently told her I had some Sebbies, which she didn't no.

My friend tells me about 2 geese she had problems with One of them died and she is not sure why and the other developed a crossed beak. She thought maybe it was from cheap feed that had hormones in it. It's a thought but nothing I've ever actually would have thought of myself. I told her to call the hatchery and tell them about it.

She is new to geese let alone ordering any from a hatchery. I told her they may replace them but since they are older I'm not so sure. I would imagine they would be interested in the one with the crossed beak since it sounds like a genetic disorder.

Has anyone seen this and is there a fix? From what I saw and check out it's not looking good for her. Right now I think the bird could survive but if it gets any worse I doubt it will. It's not a bird that can be bred either. Also, it's neck isn't right or it's inside toes. When it attempts to bend it's toes the inner toe nail face down to the ground. I mean, really the toe nails on the inner toes face the ground if holding the bird while the others stay straight out like they should. My friend called it a hammer toe. It was very strange. I can't say the goose has wry neck. It has a hunched neck.

Any ideas? I would appreciate it since I told my friend I would get back to her on it.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

cross beak is genetic, never to be bred (most hatchery birds are good enough to breed though) and will require watching to make sure it is actually eating enough

the other issues sounds like a bad genetic batch all around sorry

 

[Goose and Fig]

Poor thing- it almost sounds like its arthritic, or some other kind of bone/calcium issues.

 

[crj]

I wish I had a picture of the poor goose. Right now it seems happy enough. I just worry that the goose will become worse and that's not good. To bad it's not something that can be spotted right away or treated.

 

[kimberly35042]

I hatched a crossbeak gosling this spring. I noticed it the day after he hatched and struggled with the decision to put him down or not. I have to say he has been an enormous amount of extra work to make sure he gets enough to eat. Food must be maintained so the bird can "scoop" his food to eat it. But I am crazy meticulous about my flock and make sure he gets his share of romaine, tomatoes, watermelon, grapes, whatever the treats of the day are and literally push it to the part of his bill that joins together so he can swallow it.

He's totally spoiled (they all are) and seems healthy although a little less weight than his chunkier siblings.

I was hoping he would have better luck eating longer grass and pond weed when he finally became old enough to join the flock but that doesn't seem to be happening like i had hoped so on Monday, we have a consult with an avian vet to possible remove the curved downward portion of the upper bill that gets in the way of his eating. Anxious to know what this will cost, but it would be nice for him to live a normal life.

Even though many feel it is a malposition in the egg or attributed to bad temps during artificial incubation, he will never be a breeder bird even though his parents are very lovely birds.

Here is Gabby running across the yard to see me and TREATS. The othe goose is Violet, a Lavender American gander.



His feathers are just coming in due to his slower development. He and a couple others will share a bachelor pad this spring out on the pond.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Aww I hope you can get some help for it Bless it's heart.

 

[kimberly35042]

Thanks...he doesn't know and is happy as a clam.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks...he doesn't know and is happy as a clam.

Keep us posted on what the vet says,