Goose problem walking

[GoosesGeeses]

Hi all,
yesterday i noticed my 3 year old Brown Chinese female Clover limping, so i caught her and checked her foot for bumblefoot (none), splinters, (none) or anything wrapped around her leg (nothing). So i locked her up in the coop to minimize her walking around to prevent further damage.
This morning i came out to the coop and she couldn't even stand up. I went to the barn to get her a bucket of water, a bucket of food, and some hay to lay on.
When i came back, she was standing on one foot, when she saw we she tried to walk but fell down and didn't stand up. I put down her hay and put her on it, and gave her the food and water. She is eating normally, which is good.
I felt around her leg to see if anything was broken, felt nothing, so maybe a pulled muscle or tendon or something?


Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

 

[Goosebaby]

Hi all,
yesterday i noticed my 3 year old Brown Chinese female Clover limping, so i caught her and checked her foot for bumblefoot (none), splinters, (none) or anything wrapped around her leg (nothing). So i locked her up in the coop to minimize her walking around to prevent further damage.
This morning i came out to the coop and she couldn't even stand up. I went to the barn to get her a bucket of water, a bucket of food, and some hay to lay on.
When i came back, she was standing on one foot, when she saw we she tried to walk but fell down and didn't stand up. I put down her hay and put her on it, and gave her the food and water. She is eating normally, which is good.
I felt around her leg to see if anything was broken, felt nothing, so maybe a pulled muscle or tendon or something?


Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

What feed is she on? Is it a brand or a homemade mix?

Does she have access to oyster shell?

If you can feel her keel does it stick out abruptly from her body like a thin blade?

When feeling her abdomen do you feel any large round lumps?

What do her droppings look like? Has any been an unusual color like pink, red, orange, yellow, bright green, black, or all white? Have you noticed any mucousy or bubbly droppings?

Has she been around anything like wires, flaking galvanized paint, or metal metal bits she could have swallowed?

Has she been rummaging through a compost heap or stagnant mucky water?

Can you post a picture of the bottoms of her feet?

 

[GoosesGeeses]

We buy feed from Bonner General Feed and Grain Inc. Exclusive to North Idaho. 16% layer pellets. Yes, we always have oyster shells crushed and readily available to them. We live on a 10 1/2 acre farm, honestly there could be metal scraps anywhere. Yes, i can post pictures of her feet later. Her droppings look normal

 

[GoosesGeeses]

We also have a slough next to our house that the geese and ducks are always in, it is constantly running, so not stagnant, also they like to swim in the goldfish pond, but that is all fresh rainwater

 

[GoosesGeeses]

If you can feel her keel does it stick out abruptly from her body like a thin blade?

No, she is fat.

 

[GoosesGeeses]

by the way, it is just one leg, the left one

 

[GoosesGeeses]

I went to take picture of her feet and when i got there i went to pick her up, and she RAN away. on both feet . She still has the slightest limp, i didn't go after her because the gander doesn't really like me chasing the girls, he is pretty protective. i will try later

 

[Goosebaby]

She could be trying to lay, sometimes if an egg is very large it can press on the nerves leading to the legs causing partial to full temporary paralysis of one or both legs.

Other than that most leg issues are caused by nutritional deficiencies, most of the time it’s niacin or one of the other B vitamins but low protein can also cause weakness.
You could try adding a multivitamin supplement to their water, maybe put them on a higher protein feed for the rest of winter, 20% multi flock, all flock, or flock raiser type feed.

 

[GoosesGeeses]

okay, thanks so much!

 

[Pumperkinz]

She could be trying to lay, sometimes if an egg is very large it can press on the nerves leading to the legs causing partial to full temporary paralysis of one or both legs.

Other than that most leg issues are caused by nutritional deficiencies, most of the time it’s niacin or one of the other B vitamins but low protein can also cause weakness.
You could try adding a multivitamin supplement to their water, maybe put them on a higher protein feed for the rest of winter, 20% multi flock, all flock, or flock raiser type feed.

This is super common!

If she's a new layer too.