Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[livininbrazil]

I had the same problem with Rascal. As soon as he felt a rope on his neck he started thrashing and screaming out! I took it off, pet him for a while, and led him as close as he would go to the car. My kids opened the door and my sister and I picked him up and put him in. He never offered aggression or we wouldn't have tried it. Maybe take some treats for her with you. She might follow you if you feed her every few feet. Also, condition her to having your hands all over her body as you tame her down, she may trust you enough to allow you to carry her.

It was the treats that helped me get the lead around her. That took long enough! If she hadn´t hurt her leg I´d have persisted, but she´s become so mistrusting of people and so frightened of vehicles that it´s going to be a difficult challenge. I´ll go back again either Friday or next week. There´s a young girl there that seems to have won her trust a bit, so I´ll see if she can help me. I won´t try to carry her, she´ll freak out and probably the pain in her leg will make it even worse. I´ll need to do this really slowly. Just such a shame how people mistreat such beautiful animals.

 

[Starfire669]

It was the treats that helped me get the lead around her. That took long enough!   If she hadn´t hurt her leg I´d have persisted, but she´s become so mistrusting of people and so frightened of vehicles that it´s going to be a difficult challenge.  I´ll go back again either Friday or next week.  There´s a young girl there that seems to have won her trust a bit, so I´ll see if she can help me.  I won´t try to carry her, she´ll freak out and probably the pain in her leg will make it even worse.  I´ll need to do this really slowly.  Just such a shame how people mistreat such beautiful animals.

Do you know the proper way to pick up a large breed dog? Also if you can get her to lay down with the help of this girl, try blindfold and muzzle, or a dog crate if you feel she needs vet attention ASAP. Maybe ask your vet for tranquilizer that you can slip in her food. If you think she can wait a few days, just sit with her feeding and petting her for a day or 2. Then try again. The longer her leg and shoulder go untreated the worse off she will be. Once the broken bones fuse back together there is no fixing it without thousands of dollars in surgery.

 

[livininbrazil]

Do you know the proper way to pick up a large breed dog? Also if you can get her to lay down with the help of this girl, try blindfold and muzzle, or a dog crate if you feel she needs vet attention ASAP. Maybe ask your vet for tranquilizer that you can slip in her food. If you think she can wait a few days, just sit with her feeding and petting her for a day or 2. Then try again. The longer her leg and shoulder go untreated the worse off she will be. Once the broken bones fuse back together there is no fixing it without thousands of dollars in surgery.

I´ve had dogs for more than 30 years, from Yorkies up to dobermanns. so, I have plenty of experience with them. And I know about the bones healing badly, too. there are enough dogs around here hobbling about. i just feel sorry for this one as she´s still a pup. But hubby doesn´t want me getting overly involved as she´s in a different neighbourhood and it´s going to cost US a lot of money. Vets aren´t cheap here.
I don´t have any time to try again until Friday. I´ll go and talk to my vet and see if she can help me. She lives near-by, so she has most likely seen the pup (as in passed by her on the road) already. Even if I manage to help her, there´ll be another along in a short time, then another...and when people know you try to do good to the animals, they´ll dump them off more readily in your yard...that´s what hubby´s worried about, too. He was so relieved when I turned up at home without her. give him his due, though..he did offer to help, bless him. I´ll give it more thought...thanks for the ideas.
Meanwhile, back to geese!!

 

[Starfire669]

I´ve had dogs for more than 30 years, from Yorkies up to dobermanns.  so, I have plenty of experience with them.  And I know about the bones healing badly, too.  there are enough dogs around here hobbling about.  i just feel sorry for this one as she´s still a pup.  But hubby doesn´t want me getting overly involved as she´s in a different neighbourhood and it´s going to cost US a lot of money.  Vets aren´t cheap here.
 I don´t have any time to try again until Friday. I´ll go and talk to my vet and see if she can help me.  She lives near-by, so she has most likely seen the pup (as in passed by her on the road) already.   Even if I manage to help her, there´ll be another along in a short time, then another...and when people know you try to do good to the animals, they´ll dump them off more readily in your yard...that´s what hubby´s worried about, too.   He was so relieved when I turned up at home without her.  give him his due, though..he did offer to help, bless him.  I´ll give it more thought...thanks for the ideas.
Meanwhile, back to geese!!  

No problem, I was raised with large breed dogs since I was a baby, and my sister is a vet tech who like me saves a few here and there. Between us we usually manage at home remedies to help them. Simple things likecourting the cone of shame on a dog and then applying used motor oil to treat mange and stuff. But neither of us is a dog trainer and we have budgets too.

Hate to say it, but it might be kinder to euthanize her than let her suffer if the leg won't heal well. And if she isn't spayed your looking at pups soon as well.

Now as you said, on to geese! Yesterday I noticed that Jasper has a scratch on the side of his bill/beak can that get infected? I think he got it from pulling on the chicken wire as I walk to the pen to let him out. He is Soo impatient, it's like he has to make sure I really am coming to let him out! So, should I do anything to treat the his bill?

 

[servpolice]

Ok ive eggs under a hen and shes sitting on goose eggs a lot which are close to hatching and now shes sitting on a B.AfricanXEmbden and it pipped and it has a black beak! So i can see that when these two breeds breed they get brown females and lavender males !


So atleast we know what babies you get when you cross African and Embden :-/

Oh out of my 8 babies i know that ive 3 males (even tho i knew the two lavenders were males) because today and yesterday

 

[servpolice]

My lavender Africans were fighting and they were hitting eachother with their tiny wings! And today when i took them in my lavender African was fighting with my Africanxbuff.A Chinese! Never seen that before but it was so funny! And its the lavender gosling that had the hobble that was fighting today

 

[servpolice]

Oh may i add my lavender Africans are growing rapid! Faster then the others (they probely grow fast also because their males )

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Day 24 and my eggs are rocking ! This time next week i will have babies!

 

[Starfire669]

Day 24 and my eggs are rocking ! This time next week i will have babies!

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[Miss Lydia]