Help with female geese

[Belushigoose]

Hi everyone! I am having a big problem with my female geese that I could really use some help with. I have purchased my geese simply as pets from my local feed and seed store and the males I get have been fine but the females have had all the same problems. When they start laying eggs, they seem to just go down. I have them on a good diet and they are well kept. I have taken them to the local vet here, but she knows nest to nothing about birds, so no help there. The illness sadly always seems to lead to death. Why would it only effect females while the males are just fine? Could it be that they were massed produced kind of like how puppymill puppies have lots of problems? Any help would be great!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hi everyone! I am having a big problem with my female geese that I could really use some help with. I have purchased my geese simply as pets from my local feed and seed store and the males I get have been fine but the females have had all the same problems. When they start laying eggs, they seem to just go down. I have them on a good diet and they are well kept. I have taken them to the local vet here, but she knows nest to nothing about birds, so no help there. The illness sadly always seems to lead to death. Why would it only effect females while the males are just fine? Could it be that they were massed produced kind of like how puppymill puppies have lots of problems? Any help would be great!

This year so far some of our BYC memebers have lost geese to egg laying problems, I don't have any answers for you just want you to know your not alone. It's heart breaking to lose them. and you may be on to something when you mention mass produced. Hopefully someone else can give you better answers.

 

[Belushigoose]

Thanks for the kind words. People at my vets office looked at me like I was crazy for bringing a goose in. Birds feel just as much as a dog or a cat does. What gave me the mass produced thought was the fact that I own and show Afghan Hounds and have seen not just in my breed, but in so many others what can go wrong when you breed for mass production without caring about health problems. I just find it so odd that this is effecting only the females. They also seem to be a lot smaller than the males too.

 

[RURU]

I use to be in show cats and there is a really big difference in people that breed show quality comepared to the back yard breeders or millers!!!!
I compare the quality of food the back yard breeders feed and millers. Because to make money on their hatches some will go the cheapest food they can and it does make a difference in the health of th goslings as they grow to be adults.

Sounds like to me they are jsut grabbing up eggs and hatching them. I begin to wonder what they are feeding their geese? If fed properly and wormed before breeding season. This is the only thing I can think of. If the food source is not correct it has to effect the goslings somehow, more so the females because they will be making eggs and laying which pulls the calcium from their bones and can kill them.
This is just my thought.

 

[flockman]

Thanks for the kind words. People at my vets office looked at me like I was crazy for bringing a goose in. Birds feel just as much as a dog or a cat does. What gave me the mass produced thought was the fact that I own and show Afghan Hounds and have seen not just in my breed, but in so many others what can go wrong when you breed for mass production without caring about health problems. I just find it so odd that this is effecting only the females. They also seem to be a lot smaller than the males too.

Females are usually smaller than females. I know someone who has embdens and their ganders are smaller than my American buff gander. He is not huge by any means but I made sure that he had great feed/nutrition from day one. They did not. My goose was also much bigger than their geese.

I use to be in show cats and there is a really big difference in people that breed show quality comepared to the back yard breeders or millers!!!!
I compare the quality of food the back yard breeders feed and millers. Because to make money on their hatches some will go the cheapest food they can and it does make a difference in the health of th goslings as they grow to be adults.

Sounds like to me they are jsut grabbing up eggs and hatching them. I begin to wonder what they are feeding their geese? If fed properly and wormed before breeding season. This is the only thing I can think of. If the food source is not correct it has to effect the goslings somehow, more so the females because they will be making eggs and laying which pulls the calcium from their bones and can kill them.
This is just my thought.

It is sad that backyard breeders or millers exist. I have seen the damage done to different dog breeds and it is a shame. I have a standard poodle that I paid very good money for her. When I purchased her I received breeding rights as well. I had planned to show her but didn't. Since I don't want to do damage to the breed I have not bred her.

My geese I have for my own production of meat. I had already assessed my goose and knew she was not the best quality and then knew that I would not sell goslings. I don't want to raise goslings and sell them unless I know that they are going to be quality.

My goose became egg bound and died. I hope that you are able to help your geese.

 

[memew3]

I had my goose shot with an arrow last week and my regular vet could not treat her but Dr. J Gentry at A&M University Vet. Hospital in College Station, TX treated her and she is recovering. He specializes in zoo animals. Maybe he could help.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I had my goose shot with an arrow last week and my regular vet could not treat her but Dr. J Gentry at A&M University Vet. Hospital in College Station, TX treated her and she is recovering. He specializes in zoo animals. Maybe he could help.

Oh my gosh that is awful, who would do something like that? I'm glad to hear she is recovering.