Cluckgirl913
Chirping
My first goose adventure has not been going according to plan.
I have two 4 month old Toulouse geese that have bonded with, of all creatures, my 3 horses.
This has all been well and good until the geese showed that they have no sense of self preservation when it comes to staying out from under their feet.
5 days ago we watched in horror as both geese, sleeping in the horse corral, got trampled by my horses at play.
I thought for sure one or both was dead but with rest and supportive care they are showing a willingness to live.
I have them contained in pen in my side yard by the corral. They’ve gone from being unwilling to move at all to walking small distances and grazing, albeit with a serious limp that I imagine will always be there.
The kicker is that when I turn my horses out to pasture the geese become distressed and want to follow. I’m worried that as soon as I let them out of the goose hospital they will go right back to the horses and get stepped on again.
I think I can securely fence the coral to keep them from having easy access but I don’t know what else to do.
Any thoughts on
A. Additional supportive care for a goose with a crippled leg
B. How to discourage the cross species love affair that my geese have started?
I have two 4 month old Toulouse geese that have bonded with, of all creatures, my 3 horses.
This has all been well and good until the geese showed that they have no sense of self preservation when it comes to staying out from under their feet.
5 days ago we watched in horror as both geese, sleeping in the horse corral, got trampled by my horses at play.
I thought for sure one or both was dead but with rest and supportive care they are showing a willingness to live.
I have them contained in pen in my side yard by the corral. They’ve gone from being unwilling to move at all to walking small distances and grazing, albeit with a serious limp that I imagine will always be there.
The kicker is that when I turn my horses out to pasture the geese become distressed and want to follow. I’m worried that as soon as I let them out of the goose hospital they will go right back to the horses and get stepped on again.
I think I can securely fence the coral to keep them from having easy access but I don’t know what else to do.
Any thoughts on
A. Additional supportive care for a goose with a crippled leg
B. How to discourage the cross species love affair that my geese have started?