what kind of gosling is this?

[cgmaster]

i just got it yesterday and i had everything except grass

 

[flockman]

So sorry.

 

[cgmaster]

i got it from the feedstore and who knows how healthy it was in the first place. what should i look for in a healthy gosling? i plan to get two or three of them that way if it gets too cold even with my heat lamp they can also share body heat until i figure out how to get the lamp close enough without them being able to touch it. the wire cage may be too lofty in which case i can put some thick plastic around the sides and make some air holes

 

[livininbrazil]

i got it from the feedstore and who knows how healthy it was in the first place. what should i look for in a healthy gosling? i plan to get two or three of them that way if it gets too cold even with my heat lamp they can also share body heat until i figure out how to get the lamp close enough without them being able to touch it. the wire cage may be too lofty in which case i can put some thick plastic around the sides and make some air holes

cg, I´m not looking to offend you, but may I suggest you do a bit of reading on raising goslings? I did wonder about how much you understand because of your not understanding about buffs, which is pretty basic stuff.
also, I wouldn´t keep a gosling on wood shavings myself, because they will try to eat anything, and shavings could be lethal.......they do much better on an old towel, you can wash it out easily and use a second one while the first is drying, that way you can change it every day when they´re tiny, but more often as they grow. A towel is good as they won´t slip and it won´t cause leg development problems.

The gosling looked healthy in the pic.
also, next time, please do get at least 2, they do so much better with company. Was the feedstore happy to sell just one?
They need it really warm, an infra-red heat lamp should do fine, but it´s a good idea of yours to put up plastic sheeting to keep out draughts, just make sure it doesn´t get too hot. and plenty of grass and romaine lettuce shredded up will go down a treat.

 

[cgmaster]

I meant to get a duck which i had owned before and he had lived a LONG time and i ended up with a gosling, by the time we found out it was to late and i had already become attached to the small fluffball. It was one of the smallest ones in there. I had originally picked a much larger gosling but when i learned it was a gosling not a duckling i put it back and grabbed another(the feedstore had them in a metal bin, ducklings goslings and turkey in the same bin!}today i plan to go and get two today and if that first one is still there im getting it. but if you can put up a few pictures of some common goslings in the meantime i can choose one that looks like one of the pictures. I will post pictures of them when i get them settled down.

 

[livininbrazil]

Ducklings....notice the bill, it´s different to a gosling´s.

This third one is a muscovy duck, btw.

 

[livininbrazil]

Goslings:

 

[livininbrazil]

I meant to get a duck which i had owned before and he had lived a LONG time and i ended up with a gosling, by the time we found out it was to late and i had already become attached to the small fluffball. It was one of the smallest ones in there. I had originally picked a much larger gosling but when i learned it was a gosling not a duckling i put it back and grabbed another(the feedstore had them in a metal bin, ducklings goslings and turkey in the same bin!}today i plan to go and get two today and if that first one is still there im getting it. but if you can put up a few pictures of some common goslings in the meantime i can choose one that looks like one of the pictures. I will post pictures of them when i get them settled down.

Well, I can understand, as they do look a little alike. Don´t forget, both goslings and ducklings do better when they have a friend.

 

[cgmaster]

my great grandpa showed me the difference. Im more accustomed to snake talk than anything else, although i do currently have seven chickens, 1 americana(i think) a descendant of one of my childhood hens,2 silkie bantam roosters(one black one buff),2 buff silkie bantam hens, 1 white laced red cornish bantam hen and 1 unknown hen. the cornish i also got from the feedstore she is very pretty. Any pictures of specific gosling species?

 

[livininbrazil]

my great grandpa showed me the difference. Im more accustomed to snake talk than anything else, although i do currently have seven chickens, 1 americana(i think) a descendant of one of my childhood hens,2 silkie bantam roosters(one black one buff),2 buff silkie bantam hens, 1 white laced red cornish bantam hen and 1 unknown hen. the cornish i also got from the feedstore she is very pretty. Any pictures of specific gosling species?

Well, I don´t know a lot about snakes, just those that are to be avoided!
As regards various breeds of geese, you can do a google search, put in 'breeds of geese', and you´ll be able to see a number of different breeds, and you can then find gosling pics. Or you can read through the various threads here, but that´s a longer read!