- Mar 17, 2011
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I've surfed, but haven't been able to track a lot of info down so am making a fresh post.
I have three two week old Pilgrim goslings, 2 girls and a boy. Since the weather has warmed up (and because they get bored/chew in each other and the brooder space for them indoors is progressively smaller each day as they are growing fast) we've let the ducklings and goslings go hang out in the chicken tractor in the yard. They seem to really enjoy it, nibbling grass, hanging out, etc. Water and Flock Raiser are also provided. At night we bring them in. By the morning, the brooders are nasty
We stopped supplemental heat almost right off; nobody seemed comfortable under the lamps we had and they seem pretty happy and warm without it. Everything has been going well. Happy ducklings, happy goslings.
Today I lifted one of the girl geese out of the brooder to take her outside. She did some funky stuff with her neck but when I set her down, she stopped. She is, however, lethargic. Definitely not into nibbling, not doing the "whee, I'm an airplane!" run of her two siblings as they followed me across the yard. Kinda picked at grass, drank a bit and laid down. No more weirdness with her neck, she's walking slow, but not wobbly.
I took her inside with me and she hasn't peeped up a storm for her buddies, which is unusual for them. Gave her a few cc's of water mixed with electrolytes and an antibiotic that I got from the feed store, put her on a puppy pee pad and she's sitting in the kitty crate next to me. She peeped a little, and sounded a bit congested (or muffled, compared to normal yelling) and it does look like some clear discharge has oozed from her nostrils.. Not a lot, like a droplet. She's talking quietly to me, but still isn't yelling for her siblings.
She has pooped. It looks normal, no blood or anything, stinky, but I am not sure there is such a thing as non-stinky waterfowl poo.
Yesterday she was fine. We don't spray the yard and I'm not aware of any icky stuff she might have eaten. Food in the bag is not moldy. Yard is pretty much grass and dandelions (the latter seem to be a favorite). We are not supplementing with niacin; my understanding is that flock raiser has it (am I wrong)?
I've felt her all over and don't feel anything odd. I even flipped her onto her back to check her underside and vent. Had a hard time finding it in the fluff but don't see crusting, caking or blood. She paddles when held, but you can tell she isn't up to 100% as her protests tail off pretty quick.
Any thoughts, suggestions or advice would be appreciated.
ETA: she is making a slight "honky" noise (not a goose honk but as if something is in her respiratory tract, like a cold -- can geese get colds?)
I have three two week old Pilgrim goslings, 2 girls and a boy. Since the weather has warmed up (and because they get bored/chew in each other and the brooder space for them indoors is progressively smaller each day as they are growing fast) we've let the ducklings and goslings go hang out in the chicken tractor in the yard. They seem to really enjoy it, nibbling grass, hanging out, etc. Water and Flock Raiser are also provided. At night we bring them in. By the morning, the brooders are nasty
We stopped supplemental heat almost right off; nobody seemed comfortable under the lamps we had and they seem pretty happy and warm without it. Everything has been going well. Happy ducklings, happy goslings.Today I lifted one of the girl geese out of the brooder to take her outside. She did some funky stuff with her neck but when I set her down, she stopped. She is, however, lethargic. Definitely not into nibbling, not doing the "whee, I'm an airplane!" run of her two siblings as they followed me across the yard. Kinda picked at grass, drank a bit and laid down. No more weirdness with her neck, she's walking slow, but not wobbly.
I took her inside with me and she hasn't peeped up a storm for her buddies, which is unusual for them. Gave her a few cc's of water mixed with electrolytes and an antibiotic that I got from the feed store, put her on a puppy pee pad and she's sitting in the kitty crate next to me. She peeped a little, and sounded a bit congested (or muffled, compared to normal yelling) and it does look like some clear discharge has oozed from her nostrils.. Not a lot, like a droplet. She's talking quietly to me, but still isn't yelling for her siblings.
She has pooped. It looks normal, no blood or anything, stinky, but I am not sure there is such a thing as non-stinky waterfowl poo.
Yesterday she was fine. We don't spray the yard and I'm not aware of any icky stuff she might have eaten. Food in the bag is not moldy. Yard is pretty much grass and dandelions (the latter seem to be a favorite). We are not supplementing with niacin; my understanding is that flock raiser has it (am I wrong)?
I've felt her all over and don't feel anything odd. I even flipped her onto her back to check her underside and vent. Had a hard time finding it in the fluff but don't see crusting, caking or blood. She paddles when held, but you can tell she isn't up to 100% as her protests tail off pretty quick.
Any thoughts, suggestions or advice would be appreciated.
ETA: she is making a slight "honky" noise (not a goose honk but as if something is in her respiratory tract, like a cold -- can geese get colds?)
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