Young Female Chinese Brown -- sudden, drastic feather loss

[joya250]

Hola,

I ended up getting a female friend for my now almost two year old male goose. She's young, not sure exact age, but younger than him.

I woke up this morning to find like 50 large wing feathers on the ground. I went and watched them in their pool, and her feathers continued to just drop. When she flaps her wings, it looks like she went through a lawn mower!

I am concerned. If she is sick, what could it be?... and I am concerned my male goose (who is my baby and whom I love dearly) will get sick from her.

My boyfriend says this is normal when females are ready to make eggs, but this does not look normal. She looks ragged. My male didn't molt like this... this doesn't look like normal molting.

Can anyone please point me in the direction of what could be going on? I tried searching online, but not finding anything... maybe I am not searching correctly.

Please help! I am really concerned.

Joy

 

[Miss Lydia]

It does sound like molt can you post a pic of her. Every bird is very different in their molt some you can barely tell others look like they are going to end up totally necked before they are through. Most geese molt after breeding season are you in the USA? Breeding season is over here in my neck of the woods in June.
How is she other wise eating drinking doing all normal goose things?

 

[joya250]

Thanks for your reply. I'm hoping it's a molt. I am down in the mountains of Boquete, Panama. So our seasons are different... it is pretty much the same temp (between 60-80 F) but switches from 6 months of rain to 6 months of wind and sun. Not sure when breading season is!

I am running out ... but will post a pic when I am back in a few hours.

buen dia!
Joy

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well yes not sure when breeding season would be there, here it starts in late Jan ends in June so maybe your winter also.?

Sounds like an awesome place to live and raise geese.