sickly goose/ please help

[rudy6482]

I will try the brewers yeast also anyway.

 

[livininbrazil]

I will try the brewers yeast also anyway.

good decision, Brewers Yeast has a good amount of niacin. That could well be what helped the duck, too. Also, once a week on grass is nowhere near what they need. Ideal diet for geese is 80 - 90% grass.

 

[Starfire669]

If your allowing them to graze are you giving grit? They need grit to grind up the grass they eat.

 

[livininbrazil]

If your allowing them to graze are you giving grit? They need grit to grind up the grass they eat.

True that they need grit if they´re eating greens, but then if they´re grazing, they should find all the grit they need in the soil. But extra grit in a separate bowl is good, just to make sure.

 

[Starfire669]

The area I allow my gosling to graze has thick carpet grass, no visible soil at all. There is a berry patch back there but I am putting ground cloth around it and don't let the geese back there because the step on the strawberries. So I keep a grit bowl full for them at all times. I don't know what his grass looks like so thought I would mention it just in case it's like my back yard.

The first time I let my babies graze I forgot the grit. Those poor babies were miserable and went off their food a bit. I figure out what the problem was, and those walking garbage cans went back to eating like pigs.