Week by week, a helpful picture guide to aging goslings.

[Chunky duck]

great thread and very helpful for me. I have taken on a gosling (unknown type) as he had a broken leg the original owner could not afford vet bills for. I took him on and had his leg strapped. The break was above the knee joint and poor Scizzles had to hop / flop around for 3 weeks. He did not like this idea and the badages slipped off after 1 week. we tried to rebandage but it kept coming off. He was weight bearing on his leg though were when he first came to me there was nothing, it was like that leg was dead. My problem now is his good leg has bowed due to the week of weight bearing on one leg. I did some research and realized he needed a more suitable diet as he came with chick feed and this was what I was feeding him for near 2 weeks plus greens. I realised that this could also have affected his developement and did some more research finding this thread was th most helpful. I believe he is half the size he should be and has very little feathering at 9 weeks of age. Feathers only on upper wing tail and underbelly, everything else is still down and pin prickles coming through. He is now on gamebird starter and added vitimins and minerals in his water. Hopefully we will see a change in his developement. Trying to upload pics but am not having any luck. Hopefully the link below will allow you too see him.
https://www.facebook.com/helen.knig...1073741897.100003707606464&type=3&uploaded=25

 

[daffy4ducks]

I have a pair of goslings...gt em on the 12th...a buff, and a very saddleback...not sure on sexs

 

[daffy4ducks]

Names currently "David ( buff) (Ava if female) and " Goliath" aka "Big bird" (gray saddleback)

 

[mcfarmface]

This thread was incredibly helpful in knowing what to expect with our little goslings!!

 

[GreatGranny]

These pics are of our two female American Buff goslings, Amy and Lilly. The first 2 pics is 3 days old! The second pic is 1.5 weeks old and the and the third 2 pics are at 6 weeks! We are expecting 2 more babies this week so I will keep better track of them and take more pics at various ages and post them here! This is an excellent idea and helps newbies like me know what to expect from the growth/health of their goslings!

 

[Ewehnes]

Great idea from @casportpony! Day 1 of tracking growth of our Goslings! Below is a graph and photos!

 

[Leader Bee]

Still awaiting my pair of Toulouse but I was thinking of doing a similar thing when they arrive. I have a set of digital kitchen scales which I was also going to record weight with but I think when they get to a certain age they'll be too big for them...has anyone tried to weigh their geese in the past and know how best to go about it?

 

[Ewehnes]

Still awaiting my pair of Toulouse but I was thinking of doing a similar thing when they arrive. I have a set of digital kitchen scales which I was also going to record weight with but I think when they get to a certain age they'll be too big for them...has anyone tried to weigh their geese in the past and know how best to go about it?

I figured once they got too big for the kitchen scale I'd do the method where I weigh myself with and w/o them and subtract the difference? Curious to see others thoughts though

 

[Leader Bee]

Sounds reasonable to me - i think by the time they get old enough to be too big for kitchen scales they might also be a bit better at standing still too? Or maybe catch them when they're sleepy and put them on the scales.

 

[Ewehnes]

Being this is my 1st time raising geese haha it may be a lot of trial and error! I'll be sure to document it