Quarantining a guard gosling (and misc questions)

[cyfarian]

So sorry HargroveOutdoors! That is devastating. Thank you for sharing your experience and guidance.

 

[HargroveOutdoors]

So sorry HargroveOutdoors! That is devastating. Thank you for sharing your experience and guidance.

Welcome! I just don't want it to happen to anyone else!

 

[Goosebaby]

My local tractor supply has the Purina flock raiser for $18, so I will get it from there instead of Amazon. Whoa. You're right. That is some serious price gouging. Thank you for saving me a lot of money!

Glad I could help!

 

[Goosebaby]

@HargroveOutdoors I went through some rough years recently with my birds too, I learned a lot about avian health and better goose management from it, but I wish I hadn’t had to expierience it to know what I do now.
I feel for you and hope better days are ahead for you.

 

[HargroveOutdoors]

@HargroveOutdoors I went through some rough years recently with my birds too, I learned a lot about avian health and better goose management from it, but I wish I hadn’t had to expierience it to know what I do now.
I feel for you and hope better days are ahead for you.

Yes, I hate that it happened to me, but I certainly have better tools now to recognize problems within my flock!

 

[Goosebaby]

@cyfarian I forgot to mention, the tractor supply’s in my area haven’t been stocking a lot of feed, I don’t know if there’s a shortage going on or what but you might want to call ahead and ask if it’s in stock before waisting a trip.

 

[cyfarian]

@Goosebaby, I ordered it online and went when I got the notification that the order was ready for pickup. Thanks for the heads-up. I may stock up on it!

 

[cyfarian]

Also, I put a gentle cockerel in with her and her mood is significantly improved. For now I have a hardware cloth divider, but I will remove that in a few days.

Also, I am setting up a portable pen for her to free-range today.

 

[Goosebaby]

Glad she’s doing well with the friend!

 

[cyfarian]

Went on my first goose hunt tonight. I clipped about 1/3 of her flight feathers on 1 wing. Put up a small, temp fence around her quarantine coop while I was nearby working on a new coop. She seem fine until i was out of sight for about 10 minutes putting the chickens away. When I came back she had disappeared. Me and all of my neighbors spent about 40 minutes looking for her. Dark had fallen during the search. We finally found her in a lovely spot in the creek that had a waterfall in the farm of the neighbor 2 houses down.

I will definitely take more measures to prevent this in the future. I am still not sure how she got out but I will tighten things up.