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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: jaykay on February 24, 2011, 09:06:06 pm
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I have a related trio of 2010 hatch Steinbacher geese for sale. They are the blue colour (pale grey in fact) and are quite rare, as hard to breed.
Beautiful, friendly geese. If you want pet geese, these are the ones. They'll eat from your hand and even when the geese are sitting the worst the gander does is hiss (unlike some breeds!)
Please PM if interested.
Oh, we're near Kirkby Stephen on Cumbria/N Yorks border.
Here they are:
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They're beautiful! If only you were a little further North!
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Happy to get them as far as Carlisle, if that helps.
J
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LOL! I did try for you Jaykay, really I did...... however, it turns out that Mrs Womble thinks geese should be white, so I know I've lost that one!! ::)
Good luck with the sale!
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Thanks Womble :D In fact there a couple of people interested in them, so I'm hopeful they'll find a new home soon :)
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Hi, did you get my reply email yesterday, goosepimple
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Hi, only the first PM, which I replied to. Nothing back?
J
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Hi Jaykay
BH is wanting geese again and I like the sound (and look) of this breed. You aren't too far away from us, I think.
When will they be ready to go and how much do you want for them? And (being a goose novice myself, or maybe that's just goose...), does trio mean a he and 2 shes, and the he unrelated?
Sally
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Sorry, don't know why that didn't go through - price is good but just need confirmation that there is at least 1 female involved in the trio - I could collect in a week or so as suits - if you could let me know their situation as regards food/housing/security so I could replicate here to avoid stress - beautiful and tranquil here, they will love it and get full attention/care - we rent out our mill and cottage (we live in the millers house) and you would be welcome to come and visit them if you like! Regards, goosepimple.
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Hi, yes two geese and a gander. Well, I'm pretty sure!
They share a house (4x4 ft) which we shut them in at dusk and let out at dawn. Straw for bedding. During the day they have free roam of about an acre of hilly land with a beck running through it. Shared with assorted ducks, a tup and the dogs the other side of a stock fence- so they're used to dogs though hiss at them! Very quiet here too so your place sounds perfect.
They're eating layers pellets at the moment - tend to switch to proper waterfowl rations around now ad preparing for breeding. Next weekend - sat morning/ early pm or sun pm would be fine.
Let me know, I'm really glad they've found a good new home :-)
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Hi Sally, sorry cross posts and I think Goosepimple is having them. But there will probably be more goslings this year. Yes, a trio is two geese and a gander. In this case, the gander is the same hatch as the geese so related. Ok for pets but not for breeding though sometimes you can arrange a gander swap!
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Hello, yes we would love to take them and next weekend will be fine - here is my email:aap.13@btinternet.com - I usually check it 3 times daily and can email you my phone no etc on it if that's ok - I think it will take about 2hrs to get to you - I can bring a dog crate - if you're tricky to find would you mind meeting me somewhere? Many thanks, sorry you didn't get my earlier mail, don't know what happened there. I do realise they are related and we will have to do a male swap probably - there is a lady in Peebles (also in Scottish Borders) who breeds them but doesn't always sell them so I may be able to swap with her. Many thanks - please let me know how you stop them flying away (so i don't wave goodbye to my savings as soon as they're let out)! Kind regards, goosepimple
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Hi, they've never flown, nor have their parents - they flap their wings when they get up in the morning, but don't take off. Sometimes they 'swim' under the surface of the water, flapping their wings like mad too.
What we did when we brought home their parents (also in a dog crate :D) was to make a pen (we used sheep hurdles) around their house for a few days, while they learned where it was that they were to go to bed. After that, we just herded them to bed at dusk.
We call 'geese, geese, geese' and they come! And then we walk them into their house by following slowly behind them with our arms stretched out wide - like a giant goose ;)
I'll email you our address, phone no's and directions :)
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Got that thanks, was working today so apologies for late reply. See you all soon. Kind regards, Amanda
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Hi there, i'm looking for a Steinbacher gander to go with my lonely goose which I hatched last year, you dont know where I could get one do you?
I'm based in Lincoln, but will travel for one as I have been looking for a long time now.
Regards, Nathan
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Hi Nathan, there's a lady on the Practical Poultry forum, called Sarah, who has some (on Mull) and I think Amanda (in this thread) knows someone in Peebles (think I got that right). I don't know of anyone else.
Mine are likely to have goslings this year, so there could be a spare gander in the autumn if you haven't found one by then.