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Looks like a baby is thinking about coming out into the world! Keep in mind goslings take their time hatching. One of mine “Strawberry” even chattered for a whole day before he decided to make an appearance.

This could be several things, something like malabsorption syndrome, a birth defect, some sort of parasite. If the little one has malabsorption there isn’t a lot you can do but try to elevate symptoms and boost their nutrient intake with supplements, probiotics, and possibly even digestive...

Or ride into battle

Evolution made it happen. The New Zealand goose was estimated to be 40 pounds. Evolution has its own timeline though, and rapid changes can have negative consequences, some of the heaviest dewlap Toulouse can sometimes have leg issues. The idea is intriguing but breeding for health along with...

Absolutely adorable!

The smugness

Yeah the low toned one was a snore, the squeal is what I call snuggle sounds, they do that when they’re cuddling or falling asleep. The high pitched CHIPE CHIPE CHIPE is crying, they either are hungry, thirsty, too hot, too cold, or want to be held.

Geese are very picky and are usually only willing to try something if they’ve seen someone else try it first. If they see you fiddling with it or eating it themse Fed they’re more willing to want to try it to, but it still may take a few tries. Geese are also individualistic and some will like...

You could boost his protein intake, feathers are just protein mostly. If that doesn’t help it could just be his genetics.

I don’t know what ratio of corn to pellets you’re supplying but corn is nutritionally poor and it takes a lot of energy to digest it, it’s sugary so they’ll fill up on it like candy over other things and essentially starve themselves. Embdens are one of the largest and heaviest breeds (17 to...

I’m considering it.

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Does she eat anything besides what she forages? This sounds like a nutritional issue, either not enough calcium, vitamin E or any of the Bs.

Honesty for a second I thought about feeding her to the fox. 🤣

...had settled in pretty deep, I checked on the other birds one last time, devastated that we had lost Bee and then I left to go inside. That little B**** comes waltzing out of a blackberry hedge just when she thought I was gone out of sight. She almost got killed by the fox today and she hides...

So this is what ideally Chinese are supposed to look like https://www.waterfowl.org.uk/domestic-waterfowl/domestic-geese/chinese-goose/ This is what an African is supposed to look like, mind you these are exhibition grade birds...

In most cases probably.

Hatchery Africans can vary quite a bit from exhibition Africans. Brown Chinese tend to be just brown versions of white Chinese, so small, light weight, slender, and keel-less. Africans tend to be a bit bigger and have a build that can be a little stouter but not always, but are keel-less also...

Their voices go through some rapid changes and they won’t sound the same from day to day sometimes. If she isn’t eating pieces of it it’s fine, but once you see signs of her tearing bits off and swallowing it’s probably best to remove them.

If you can I strongly advise looking for another gosling now, so that they can bond quickly and so that the bigger gosling won’t be as traumatized when they lose their little friend as they won’t be alone.