The babies are here

[N ID Goose mom]

Do your little guys enjoy the water pan? I have one gosling who enjoys swimming, and the other squawks like he's being murdered when I put him in it.

They love water. I’m currently using a new paint tray and all 4 will lay in it, stick their heads over the side, and eat from their pool. They like their nightly bath time also. I’m probably spoiling them but their clean babies. So far their swimming water is only 2-3 inches deep I don’t know what age they can go deeper but I read water up to their knees was ok.

 

[Miss Lydia]

10 days old give them half a tub they will have a blast. Just supervise. And of course take pics.

 

[N ID Goose mom]

10 days old give them half a tub they will have a blast. Just supervise. And of course take pics.

I just brought them in and filled their tub a little deeper. Their diving under. So cute. They of course stopped when I tried to video them. Pictures dry and wet. I guess videos are to big to up load so here a couple of pictures.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Videos have to go on YouTube or viemo or similar then copy paste here. I bet they loved it.

 

[N ID Goose mom]

Videos have to go on YouTube or viemo or similar then copy paste here. I bet they loved it.

They loved it. Shimmer the smallest got a little cold after the bath so she got extra towel and snuggles. She is the most affectionate of the four and the best swimmer. Now after playing outside and a bath their ready for a nap.

 

[N ID Goose mom]

I'm getting closer to having their new house finished. Question: ramp or steps? I'm thinking ramp but didn't know what they prefer. The door way is only 12 inches off the ground.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Ramp then mine do fine on low ramp and wide.

 

[N ID Goose mom]

Thank you @Miss Lydia I just didn't know which they would use easily.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Being a foot or less off the ground and wide enough so they don’t fall off I think a ramp would be best two of my three of my coops have ramps. They use them just fine.

 

[N ID Goose mom]

Well they are growing like weeds. Two weeks ago today they arrived in the mail and are easily 3-4 times their arrival size. They are developing their own personalities and I think pecking order. Taleaha is still the biggest, Shine has caught up to Levi, and Shimmer is the smallest (don't tell the others but I think she is my favorite right now. The most loving and likes to cuddle, but I think she's is the bottom of the order).


They have gotten so big that the small brooder box needed to be changed. On the way home from work I was trying to figure out what scraps of plywood I have from the goose house project. I came up with two old doors and some 2x4' plywood. Their brooder is now 28 sq feet. And it took only to 3 minutes and 8 screws it was done. Not cute, but safe and bigger. It's nice that we have cement floors down stairs so I didn't need a bottom. I took the pictures last night before bed so sorry they are a little dark.