Goose injuries from the Gander

[sirrobyn0]

So I currently have three.... To be clear female geese that have been injured by one or more of our ganders. We are in the process of trying to figure out who the offending gander is, and we thought we had that figured out because we witnessed a ruff mating. That was until yesterday. One of the geese got very badly beat up. I'll post pictures of the head injuries. So now all Ganders are separated from the ladies. And the injured geese are in their own spaces as well. Treating the head injuries isn't so bad though the one from last night is pretty bad we know how to treat it and I'm sure she'll recover from that. The things is all three of these gals have been beaten so badly they basically can't walk or can only walk using their wings to assist in moving. One of the three has recovered fairly well and is now moving about. I should probably also add that there is nothing visibly wrong with their legs from the outside.

Also as added information prior to this two of our geese were found dead in their pond. One of which I am now for sure was mated to death. The other I don't know for sure. So it's been pretty bad.

The ganders, one is 5 years old and has been with them the entire time. 2 of them are yearlings if that matters.

Moving forward, my main concerns here, is how to prevent these injuries moving forward, I feel that keeping the ganders separated is only a temporary solution as it obviously ends all mating and reproduction. And then how to rehabilitate / treat leg injuries.

What do ya'll think? If there is something that would be helpful to know please let me know and I'll do my best to give the information. Thanks.

 

[Goosebaby]

So I currently have three.... To be clear female geese that have been injured by one or more of our ganders. We are in the process of trying to figure out who the offending gander is, and we thought we had that figured out because we witnessed a ruff mating. That was until yesterday. One of the geese got very badly beat up. I'll post pictures of the head injuries. So now all Ganders are separated from the ladies. And the injured geese are in their own spaces as well. Treating the head injuries isn't so bad though the one from last night is pretty bad we know how to treat it and I'm sure she'll recover from that. The things is all three of these gals have been beaten so badly they basically can't walk or can only walk using their wings to assist in moving. One of the three has recovered fairly well and is now moving about. I should probably also add that there is nothing visibly wrong with their legs from the outside.

Also as added information prior to this two of our geese were found dead in their pond. One of which I am now for sure was mated to death. The other I don't know for sure. So it's been pretty bad.

The ganders, one is 5 years old and has been with them the entire time. 2 of them are yearlings if that matters.

Moving forward, my main concerns here, is how to prevent these injuries moving forward, I feel that keeping the ganders separated is only a temporary solution as it obviously ends all mating and reproduction. And then how to rehabilitate / treat leg injuries.

What do ya'll think? If there is something that would be helpful to know please let me know and I'll do my best to give the information. Thanks.

The lameness could be head or spinal trauma, which can possibly heal, though it’s hard to say.
I guess all you can do is try to keep them somewhere confined where they can easily access food or water, maybe give vitamin supplements, some extra protein like flock raiser if they’ll eat it, and give them time.

 

[Goosebaby]

Also now that you’ve separated the boys together, you may see them start to beat up on each other.