Gosling with Leg Issues

[MonaMoore]

Sorry you lost some goslings.  Niacin deficiency seems to be a common problem.  You could also try peas and romaine lettuce, as these things have a good amount of niacin in them.  Limping is just a symptom of niacin deficiency, the deficiency  itself affects their general growth and development.   How long ago did all this happen?  How old are they now? 

Thanks for your reply Livininbrazil.
I lost my last gosling just 2 days ago. They were 11 weeks old.
The other two goslings look ok. I often feed them Romaine lettuce as I grow that in my garden, they love it. I will start adding pease as well. Will try to do all it takes to help them grow healthy. I haven't raised geese before and dont know how big they should be at 11 weeks!
My profile picture shows the first gosling at 7 weeks; it was limpy back then; but always cute. How I miss her, I lost her 3 days ago

 

[MonaMoore]

Here is a couple of pictures I took this morning for my goslings with their parents.
Any idea of what breed they are?

 

[livininbrazil]

Thanks for your reply Livininbrazil.
I lost my last gosling just 2 days ago. They were 11 weeks old.
The other two goslings look ok. I often feed them Romaine lettuce as I grow that in my garden, they love it. I will start adding pease as well. Will try to do all it takes to help them grow healthy. I haven't raised geese before and dont know how big they should be at 11 weeks!
My profile picture shows the first gosling at 7 weeks; it was limpy back then; but always cute. How I miss her, I lost her 3 days ago

Beautiful geese! Is the pied the gander? In the pic it looks like it could be. If so, then they´ll be a mix due to the pied´s colouring as it´s not quite a saddleback, but love those geese! I have some mixed-breeds too, I think they´re beautiful. If not, and the white one is the gander, then it gets more interesting. Just looking at the babies, I´d guess the white is the gander...
As regards losing babies, last year was the first year I lost goslings. I didn´t know about niacin deficiency, and up to that point I´d no problems. Then last year I lost 4 babies one after another, one at a month old, the others a little younger. I didn´t notice that they were getting thin, as they were free-ranging, and then they started to get weak, then had what looked like fits, and died. Then I came on these threads and found out what the problem was, and was told to try niacin, even though mine are free-ranging and have all the grass they could want. I didn´t lose any more. I had 19 goslings after that, and they´re big and strong and noisey! So, I now add brewers´yeast to their food every other day or so to keep them well until they get bigger, like 2 months, then they should be ok, but sometimes it can affect adults too, so you have to keep an eye on them. I bought in a couple of adult females a while back, and one of them just started sitting about, so I dose her and she was fine again. Their basic needs are: loads of greens, ideally grass, and niacin, especially in veg form, and calcium when the females are laying.

Here is a couple of pictures I took this morning for my goslings with their parents.
Any idea of what breed they are?

 

[MonaMoore]

Thank you Livininbrazil. Your profile picture shows a cute couple too. They almost look the same breed as mine!
The pied in the picture is the gander. I got those parents a year ago, they were still immature; and I wasnt able to tell which one is the goose and which is the gander until I started hearing the gander scream at mating!
So I guess I must wait to know the babies' gender. I just keep praying for them to grow up strong and healthy.
My mother goose havent yet laid any eggs after her hatch in March. Is that normal? I wish she starts soon!

 

[livininbrazil]

Thank you Livininbrazil. Your profile picture shows a cute couple too. They almost look the same breed as mine!
The pied in the picture is the gander. I got those parents a year ago, they were still immature; and I wasnt able to tell which one is the goose and which is the gander until I started hearing the gander scream at mating!
So I guess I must wait to know the babies' gender. I just keep praying for them to grow up strong and healthy.
My mother goose havent yet laid any eggs after her hatch in March. Is that normal? I wish she starts soon!

They´ll most likely just raise these goslings. That´s natural for them. If they lose their goslings, then they´ll often brood a second nest, but while they have goslings, they´ll look after them. Next year will bring you more.

The profile pic shows my mixed-breed saddlback goose. She´s quite a character.