JENPEN5151
Hatching
- Jul 14, 2016
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I have read the very helpful comments on this website in regard to goslings/geese off their legs. The advice has been a God send!
This is the second year our hen has hatched a small number of Goslings. Because our geese have to be enclosed (fox attacks) in an electric fence they are not getting access to our pond and abundant grass. They share this compound with free range chickens and chickens' pellets. Yesterday one of our 4 week old goslings was on the ground and couldn't get up. It was taken into our kitchen in a box and fed diluted Marmite which contains the vital Vit B Niacin (1tsp Marmite to 240 mlsof warm water) by syringe to start with. Later it was able to take this on its own from a shallow dish. Within three hours it was up on its feet shouting to get out of its box. We returned it to the compound the same day. Today for the sake of the rest of the geese we have lightly spread sliced pieces of bread with Marmite and soaked them with diluted Marmite to make a soggy mush for the two goslings as well as the other grown geese. All have eaten avidly. Both goslings are looking good again. We will be giving this to them once a week from now on.
We wish we had known about Niacin a year ago. We were not able to save one of our grown geese with this same inability to stand- at the time his was a mysterious problem that our Vet could not help us with.
Hope this helps some of you out there......
This is the second year our hen has hatched a small number of Goslings. Because our geese have to be enclosed (fox attacks) in an electric fence they are not getting access to our pond and abundant grass. They share this compound with free range chickens and chickens' pellets. Yesterday one of our 4 week old goslings was on the ground and couldn't get up. It was taken into our kitchen in a box and fed diluted Marmite which contains the vital Vit B Niacin (1tsp Marmite to 240 mlsof warm water) by syringe to start with. Later it was able to take this on its own from a shallow dish. Within three hours it was up on its feet shouting to get out of its box. We returned it to the compound the same day. Today for the sake of the rest of the geese we have lightly spread sliced pieces of bread with Marmite and soaked them with diluted Marmite to make a soggy mush for the two goslings as well as the other grown geese. All have eaten avidly. Both goslings are looking good again. We will be giving this to them once a week from now on.
We wish we had known about Niacin a year ago. We were not able to save one of our grown geese with this same inability to stand- at the time his was a mysterious problem that our Vet could not help us with.
Hope this helps some of you out there......
