Author Topic: Goose advice please (Read 8069 times)

shygirl · « **Reply #15 on:** January 14, 2015, 05:42:48 pm »

the one in front be a gander by the look of him. which one is being bullied? does it act like a goose or a gander with you?

roddycm · « **Reply #16 on:** January 14, 2015, 10:46:23 pm »

Quote from: HesterF on January 14, 2015, 02:08:43 pm

Aha - so all buff backs are buff backed? I'd assumed they were autosexing like my woe. So the white gander isn't a buff back at all? Where did you get them?

Yup all buff backs are buff backs, they are not autosexing! The white gander would be a different breed!

mojocafa · « **Reply #17 on:** January 15, 2015, 08:14:15 pm »

Oooh nooooooooo, have I been fleeced! Wobble or bloomer didn't you get geese at the same time from the same guy?

mojocafa · « **Reply #18 on:** January 15, 2015, 08:20:42 pm »

Does anyone have shetland geese? Have I got Shetlands or buff backs or a shetland boy and a buff back boy.
Totally confused?

mojocafa · « **Reply #19 on:** January 15, 2015, 08:47:59 pm »

Ok, click on the photo, the middle bird has a different tail, I bet this is the girl and the other two are boys

HesterF · « **Reply #20 on:** January 15, 2015, 10:42:30 pm »

See, your instincts were right - they came out in your very first post! So off to find another goose or two.....or get back to that breeder!

mojocafa · « **Reply #21 on:** February 26, 2015, 02:25:15 pm »

O m g

What I thought was a boy is in a run with chickens and I have just found an goose egg which would suggest its a girl after all

Womble · « **Reply #22 on:** February 26, 2015, 02:55:01 pm »

Quote from: mojocafa on January 15, 2015, 08:14:15 pm

Oooh nooooooooo, have I been fleeced! Wobble or bloomer didn't you get geese at the same time from the same guy?

Sorry, just seen this (and I take it you were after me?

). Our geese are just common as muck commercial white geese. I can't even say they're Embdens for sure, though they pretty much meet the description.

I'd LIKE to get some different geese, possibly a rare breed something or other, I just haven't got around to it yet. Also our current geese lay so prolifically and over such a long season, I'm loathe to get rid of them in favour of something inferior!