This is the first time I have decided to raise geese. I thought I would give them a try after two years of raising chickens and turkeys. I bought two gosling 5 weeks ago and really love them. I had put them in with some of my chicks that were the same age, when I first got them, but I had to separate them when one of the goslings started eating the feathers of the chicks on their wings as they were beginning to grow them. I removed the two geese and created a separate pen for them. They have grown fast and now are about 5 weeks old and growing feathers themselves. However, the one gosling that was eating the chicks feathers is now pulling out and eating the feathers of the other goslings. The other one screams in pain. I tried separating them from each other and they cry and cry to be back together. I am not sure why the one gosling keeps eating the other's feathers. She doesn't eat her own. I have tried giving them some oyster shells and some grit thinking maybe she had a calcium deficiency, but that hasn't helped.
Any ideas or suggestions on what to do to break her from this bad habit.
I sure appreciate any suggestions.
thanks much
Mark
Any ideas or suggestions on what to do to break her from this bad habit.
I sure appreciate any suggestions.
thanks much
Mark