Back Biting Goslings

Hi Mikey

Are they in or out during the day? Goslings love to pull on stuff where there is no grass they will start pulling at one another

Mine love sticky bob plants, (the ones with the tiny balls on that literally stick to anything ) I start giving them that at 2 days old, gives them something to pull on


The size difference, could simply be Ganders being bigger birds The other thing may be that the smaller ones aren't getting enough food

If they are not out on grass yet get them out in a secure run during the day (especially when it's fine), you can't beat getting them on grass asap to give a healthy strong bird


Sarah

Cat's shouldn't be a problem, the  nearly 3 week olds ones here are at the moment in my kitchen with 4 of my cats   I'd be more worried about crows and magpies, but then again this really depends on their size.

Today for the first time I have let the older (3 wks sunday) ones out of their run, there is a short video I made here in this thread  :-  http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=36414.msg475116#msg475116

Have a quick look see if you can get an idea of size from that, but bare in mind I am around all day and the minute my adult birds start shouting I rush out to see whats going on. If you are not around all day then they might be better off staying in the run for another couple of weeks
They will also need some sort of shelter in the run incase it rains as they will still be quite fluffy and if they get cold and damp they will get ill   Hence the older babies now being in the kitchen

about the goose grass, even the adults like it so yes it probably is how it got it's name

Sarah