Toulouse Geese Thread

[poultry09]

Can someone please tell me why my Dewlap Toulouse goose alwase looks like crap when she gets wet? normally goose feathers repel water but hers dont look like they do. Any advice?

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After she gets wet:

 

[Miss Lydia]

Can someone please tell me why my Dewlap Toulouse goose alwase looks like crap when she gets wet? normally goose feathers repel water but hers dont look like they do. Any advice?

Before she gets wet:



After she gets wet:

Thats interesting, I have a couple of Muscovy ducks that get that way towards end of summer up until molt. they don't repel water at all. Do you see her preening? she may not be spreading the wax on her feathers very well. have you looked at her oil gland?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

research wet feather condition

if she isnt molting it could be wet feather

 

[Going Bhonkers]

Can someone please tell me why my Dewlap Toulouse goose alwase looks like crap when she gets wet? normally goose feathers repel water but hers dont look like they do. Any advice?

Originally Posted by CelticOaksFarm

research wet feather condition

if she isnt molting it could be wet feather

Wow, I hadn't heard of "wet feather". Learned something new today!

 

[Miss Lydia]

http://poultrykeeper.com/external-problems/wet-feather

 

[poultry09]

Thats interesting, I have a couple of Muscovy ducks that get that way towards end of summer up until molt. they don't repel water at all. Do you see her preening? she may not be spreading the wax on her feathers very well. have you looked at her oil gland?

Thanks, I do see her preen all the time with the sebastopols, I will have to check out her oil gland and see what I find. Thanks for the link!

research wet feather condition

if she isnt molting it could be wet feather

Thanks Celtic, She is 2012 hatch and I dont remember if she molted or not? I will read into it and see what I find.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well looks like our girl Missy is getting ready to lay her first ever egg today, I found her inside the little coop in a nest.. I hope she does good.

 

[Iain Utah]

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks J, still waiting.. I will take a pic.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Missy's egg Muscovy egg and EE egg.. pretty good size i don't have scales so don't know weight.