Sick goose.

[sarahconnor]

My Domestic goose has been very broody, maybe a couple weeks . She has laid six eggs She comes into side yard to drink and bathe but usually goes back in to brood. She has come out a couple of times to walk around and eat some grass. Mostly she stays in to brood. Today she seemed weak and sickly. Not much energy. She came out today to free range,and I had to carry her back to chicken coop as I couldn’t get her to follow me like she usually does for her treats. No outward signs of problems. Someone suggested red mites. I looked (it isn’t easy digging through that down) but didn’t see any. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[sourland]

Put your hand in the nest. If it is infested with mites, they will rapidly crawl all over your hand.

 

[sarahconnor]

Put your hand in the nest. If it is infested with mites, they will rapidly crawl all over your hand.

Thanks!! She keeps moving around the hen house pushing nest stuff around! I’ll do that first thing in the morning.
That’ll be much more effective then trying to dig through that amazing down.

 

[sarahconnor]

Put your hand in the nest. If it is infested with mites, they will rapidly crawl all over your hand.

My goose is AOK now. She was BROODY!! Thanks and have a good summer.