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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: pekinpete on July 30, 2017, 13:06

Title: feather loss in goose
Post by: pekinpete on July 30, 2017, 13:06

advice needed please, i have 11 geese and 1 goose this year started losing her feathers all the rest have gone through moult with no trouble but this 1 bird seems to have trouble have looking at various web sites with no help is it possible she has feather mite

Title: Re: feather loss in goose
Post by: New shoot on July 31, 2017, 08:44

I have no experience of geese, but in chickens, if one has feather mites, they all do.  Dusting her with mite powder will do no harm, but you may want to check all of them.