House goose and egg laying questions

[LakeGooseBerry]

Hello it's me again.
My broody goose is very determined and is not eating. I have tried all her favorite things like graham cracker and apple but she is not touching it. she is getting weeker. Is there anything I can do?????

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hello it's me again.
My broody goose is very determined and is not eating. I have tried all her favorite things like graham cracker and apple but she is not touching it. she is getting weeker. Is there anything I can do?????

When did she lay last? do you also feed her feed for poultry? How is she acting/ explain what she is doing from sun up to sun down. could there be something else going on?

 

[LakeGooseBerry]

She might be doing better than I am with this whole thing. It seems that I worry about her the way she worries about her nest.

Her activity has been minimal. She sits all day except for a morning drink and bath. Today and yesterday she was up a couple of times (remember her eggs are unfertilized and I took them away) and she drinks and bathes.

Ordinarily I feed her poultry food in addition to her grazing. Plus she gets apple and crackers and various other treats that she likes. But since she started setting, at the beginning of this week, she has not been accepting food and I never see her grazing. She is noticeably weaker and a bit unsteady on her feet.

Since I know nothing about this process, this being my first time as well, I was worried that she might get so weak she might not recover so I have taken various foods and offered them to her where she is nesting. She has had no interest.
Could there be something else going on?

Since panicking earlier today (sorry) she has eaten a little graham cracker and a bit of orange. I think she is doing a bit better. I hope…..and I suppose it is normal for her to be aloof with me during this process. I hope she returns to her engaging self again. I miss her company.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She might be doing better than I am with this whole thing. It seems that I worry about her the way she worries about her nest.

Her activity has been minimal. She sits all day except for a morning drink and bath. Today and yesterday she was up a couple of times (remember her eggs are unfertilized and I took them away) and she drinks and bathes.

Ordinarily I feed her poultry food in addition to her grazing. Plus she gets apple and crackers and various other treats that she likes. But since she started setting, at the beginning of this week, she has not been accepting food and I never see her grazing. She is noticeably weaker and a bit unsteady on her feet.

Since I know nothing about this process, this being my first time as well, I was worried that she might get so weak she might not recover so I have taken various foods and offered them to her where she is nesting. She has had no interest.
Could there be something else going on?

Since panicking earlier today (sorry) she has eaten a little graham cracker and a bit of orange. I think she is doing a bit better. I hope…..and I suppose it is normal for her to be aloof with me during this process. I hope she returns to her engaging self again. I miss her company.

Sounds like a typical broody to me hopefully that is all that's going on. I usually keep food and water close by when mine are broody but far enough away they have to get up and walk around. I have heard of geese dying while brooding from not eating but I'm not sure what percentage this happens to. You could try breaking her I'm not sure how easy that will go read back how goose girl did it with her indoor goose maybe you can try that. Please don't leave her outside over night unless you can lock her up, Preds will kill and eat a goose in a minute. I have Muscovy ducks 1 in particular that went broody last April and after I took her eggs she just kept sitting I went in every day and made her come out she'd run around eat swim preen and go right back in I tried locking her outside nothing worked I finally gave up and just kept getting her out everyday to do her business and then in Sept I was finally able to convince her it was over. I dread what it will be like this year. They can sure be persistent.

 

[LakeGooseBerry]

Hi Miss Lydia,
What does "breaking her" mean? and where do I find this information from Goose Girl?

Boy oh boy, the way her personality has changed so abruptly is bizarre. She has gone from being fun engaging pet to almost wild, practically overnight.
Is there a way to ask Goose Girl directly within this forum?

 

[Miss Lydia]

PM The goose girl that way you can talk directly with her go to page 1 of your thread you stated here. find post 9 that is where she posted. you can put your curser on her name it will highlight then click you'll go to her profile and on the left you'll see send PM hit that and you can send her a PM.
Breaking means breaking her of brooding.

Hormones are in her way right now once she gets over this she'll be back to normal think of it as PMS lol They are driven by their maternal hormones to sit and hatch. Goose girl gave good advise. on breaking them. I haven't had to try this with my goose YET.

 

[LakeGooseBerry]

Gotcha. Thanks