Duckling convulsing

Oh gosh where's our manners :welcome

Sometimes when I sing my gander likes to join in but he could probably break glass with his high pitched squeal

Thanks.

What's it like have geese? I live in unincorporated country, so we basically have no rules, except for keeping animals in your yard. We are currently debating what to expand into next.
 
Well geese are not for the faint of heart. Lol. My gander is 11 yrs old and his mate is 6 yrs. so I had had geese for quite a while they can live upwards of 40 yrs so it’s a decision that needs to be thought about if your like me and in it for the duration. They are wonderful as pets which mine are and part of the year they are pleasant to be around then you have breeding season which brings in the personality change and they can get ornery but I try and take it in stride they by nature are very protective of their mates their goslings too. Both mom an dad take a role in raising their off spring which is a delight to watch. If you have the space and don’t mind the noise (it’s not real bad) unless you have close neighbors. They can get along with other poultry I have chickens and ducks but my geese have their own house because during mating season they can’t be trusted enclosed with other birds. Over winter all my birds like to sleep in the main house and then even my Muscovy drake is nice enough to be around the geese. If your thinking about adding geese go to the goose forum in the sticky’s there is a profile of domestic geese you can read up on each breed and then talk to others who have them.
 
Well geese are not for the faint of heart. Lol. My gander is 11 yrs old and his mate is 6 yrs. so I had had geese for quite a while they can live upwards of 40 yrs so it’s a decision that needs to be thought about if your like me and in it for the duration. They are wonderful as pets which mine are and part of the year they are pleasant to be around then you have breeding season which brings in the personality change and they can get ornery but I try and take it in stride they by nature are very protective of their mates their goslings too. Both mom an dad take a role in raising their off spring which is a delight to watch. If you have the space and don’t mind the noise (it’s not real bad) unless you have close neighbors. They can get along with other poultry I have chickens and ducks but my geese have their own house because during mating season they can’t be trusted enclosed with other birds. Over winter all my birds like to sleep in the main house and then even my Muscovy drake is nice enough to be around the geese. If your thinking about adding geese go to the goose forum in the sticky’s there is a profile of domestic geese you can read up on each breed and then talk to others who have them.

I'm already almost 40, so maybe adding them to my farm wouldn't be a good idea. I guess I shouldn't saddle my kids with anything else to take care of when I'm in diapers. However, I don't really mind being the best neighbor because mine aren't exactly gold star winners, either. I'm sure they're going to love it when my kids get their sheep and goats.
 
Sounds like your going to have a working Farm there. Love the idea of kids caring for animals. Teaches them so much.
4 kids, aged 11 to 2.5. All homeschooled. We lived in an RV for two 1/2 years, and now they want to start a homestead. So here we are with a crap-ton of animals.

They all have a section that they are in charge of, but they all basically interconnect as we're making it permaculture-style. I, obviously, keep track of the finances behind their back, but they have to give us monthly finance checks to make sure they're in line.

It's an ... interesting .... life.
 
What vitamins are you giving them? And yes I’ve had two ducklings do this. They were very young too. Some ducklings can be deficient at birth. Depending on what the mother did or didn’t eat when making the egg....:D

Luckily mine grew out of it. I didn’t know about niacin at the time.
 
What vitamins are you giving them? And yes I’ve had two ducklings do this. They were very young too. Some ducklings can be deficient at birth. Depending on what the mother did or didn’t eat when making the egg....:D

Luckily mine grew out of it. I didn’t know about niacin at the time.

Not many options locally, so mostly just doping them up with that hippie medicine: good, varied, foods. Lots of peas, nutritional and brewer's yeast, eggs, among other foods. Poultry electrolytes.

I'm hoping she grows out of it. She's a timid little duckduck that would be happiest with me scratching her head all day, so maybe that's all it is.
 

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