My gosling was laying with its leg backwards behind it as she laid down

[4Dobermans]

It’s my first gosling, I have had chickens and ducks for years. I went in there tonight and I noticed it was laying with one foot backwards, it was in normal position but one foot was laying all the way back behind it face down. Is there something wrong with Harley? She is eating and when I said her name she got up normally and is walking fine and chirping. I live in a town that doesn’t get a lot of geese so I could only get her and a polish chick, I am planning on getting another gosling on Friday since they come in that day and it’s only a hour drive. She also was sneezing just now but it’s hard to tell because she could have gotten water up her nose. She had just got water up her nose! Should I be worried since she was laying that way?

 

[LadyWolf44005]

I dont think it is nothing to worry about. Tyrion did it all the time when he was a gosling. Expeshly in the food bowl! Lol

 

[Leader Bee]

 

[The goose girl]

Great you're getting her a mate! Geese thrive so much better when they have goose buddies.

Funny thing happened today: my new Toulouse goose was chilling in the yard and guess what she did?

 

[LadyWolf44005]

I blame

LOL!!! So happy you got the reference! I looked up how the best way to get your goslings to inprint on you. One of my books said talk to them a lot. Well for the first 4 weeks of there lives. I read the entire Game of thrones series to them! Lol

I blame you for that. You're being reckless naming a goose after a Lannister.

Chirping​

LOL!!! So happy you got the reference! I looked up how the best way to get your goslings to inprint on you. One of my books said talk to them a lot. Well for the first 4 weeks of there lives. I read the entire Game of thrones series to them! Lol

Ahh Harry Potter it is then!

It's really not a bad idea. Reading to them. Plus you can pick up some really funny moments with them. I would always do voice changes when I got to a different character. Plus added tone according to what was happening in the book. The best memory I made with them during this was then I got to the part were Neds head got chopped off. My goslings who were already paying attention. Flapped there wings and screamed! It was so funny! I know they had no idea what was going on in the book, I think they just picked up on my energy. Still super funny tho

 

[Draconias]

We stop in at a yard sale each week. I noticed that they had geese. I hadn't really been around geese before and noticed that one of the geese was standing on one leg. I thought it was really nice that the owners took in a handicapped bird. After we got our own geese (siblings of the yard sale geese), I noticed that ours like to tuck one leg up under their wing and look like they are handicapped also, lol.
Ron

 

[Leader Bee]

We stop in at a yard sale each week. I noticed that they had geese. I hadn't really been around geese before and noticed that one of the geese was standing on one leg. I thought it was really nice that the owners took in a handicapped bird. After we got our own geese (siblings of the yard sale geese), I noticed that ours like to tuck one leg up under their wing and look like they are handicapped also, lol.
Ron

 

[4Dobermans]

Don't worry, it's perfectly normal for young goslings to lie with one or both legs stretched out behind them. I've never seen older goslings or grown geese do it, but all my goslings have occasionally done it. They look so odd and cute - and so relaxed.

That is odd but it’s also kinda cute. My others had never done something like that so that’s why I was worried. I feel relived now! I wanted to try something different and I can say I love geese. Harley follows me around and runs to me when I call her name. I had to have olsens special order Chinese geese because another store was getting them so I drove all the way to flagstaff which is a couple of hours away and they were sold out when I got there. I am getting Harley a friend so she isn’t lonely and has a swim buddy.

 

[Kjm]

Don't worry, it's perfectly normal for young goslings to lie with one or both legs stretched out behind them. I've never seen older goslings or grown geese do it, but all my goslings have occasionally done it. They look so odd and cute - and so relaxed.

My gosling hatched saterday. And from day 1 has had its legs behind him and not attempted to stand what can I do

 

[The goose girl]

Don't worry, it's perfectly normal for young goslings to lie with one or both legs stretched out behind them. I've never seen older goslings or grown geese do it, but all my goslings have occasionally done it. They look so odd and cute - and so relaxed.