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ducks and geese

Gosling just hatched

Judi Ram

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Moms goose is not snuggling with babies to keep them warm at night. What do I do?

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Welcome to Permies. I have zero experience with geese. To provide rapid feedback, my thoughts are a heat lamp or taking the babies inside in a box …or both. As I said, I have zero experience with geese, so take the advice of any experienced person over mine.

I figure if someone from the future hasn’t tried to stop me, I can’t be messing up that bad.

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Hi Judi,
I must also say that I do not have experience with geese (yet... I want to get some), but I do know that geese, and most birds in general, do not feel the cold the same way that mammals do. I would observe the gosling and see if it looks to be sick or shivering or generally not doing well. It might just not be cold enough to need it much. Or it could be that goose is not a good mother.

Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.

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