Backyard Poultry Forum

Hi
what do new born goslings eat? grass? crumble? or ???

Mother goose was hopeless this year, kicking them out the nest. Only 3 survived.

thanks
Mark

crumble as a staple - and grass with time.

I hand raise my goslings until they are 3-4 weeks old and then give them to selected good mothers to prevent deaths.

It helps alot.

Good Luck

HOnk

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If you can keep chooks, geese will be a BREEZE!

When you say crumble, do you mean chick starter? turkey starter? or is there something else that is suitable?

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“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”

I personally dont use crumble as it is too fine but chick grower ,turkey grower different people use different feeds.

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I use chick starter crumble and after a couple of weeks finely shredded lettuce and grass.
Good luck

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I have chooks, muscoveys, geese, parrots, cats, dogs and 1 long suffering hubby

we use chick starter here for the first couple of days..
handraised gossling are outside and on grass at 3-4 days old and have access to as much of our own custom blend as they want.
Warning! do not put young outside at this age unless you have suitable housing.. we use moveable enclosures that give the young safety from predators and allow the birds access to sun, shade, and a heated section should they feel the need to use it...

in a pinch any poultry ration will get you out of trouble until you can source something that maybe more suitable, if it's too corse, through it in the blender and chopp it up finer..

warning,,,once you handrasie gosslings you maybe hooked for life and it becomes a yearly obsession,,,good luck

got hold of some duckling mash and they seemed like it but now on grass and don't touch it anymore

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“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”