My goose has never laid an egg.

Miss Lydia said:

Are you in the US? geese breeding season is usually around late winter into late spring. Except for some breeds usually Chinese.

But showing affection is usually a sign things are headed that way.

Female geese have deeper honks than ganders, ganders are really loud and high pitched. Ganders and females will protect their young but even attacking but they will give the warning first with head down coming at ya.

I had never seen my 2 ganders mount each other my youngest always respected the older and wouldn't even mate his females until the older did. I know drakes will mount each other in a show of dominance not sure if geese do that.

I would think stress could cause egg laying issues it could be id Paddy is female she just isn't going to lay any eggs either, My 5 yr old females didn't lay this past breeding year.
I would think if Paddy was gander she would have mated with a female by now how old is she? and having a more gentle nature sounds more like a female too. My gander always has his head held high walks that way most of the time and is always very protective of his mate, Missy his mate just walks around normal minding her own business, except for bulling the Muscovy's and if Missy isn't ready for Sam attentions she lets him know by biting him or getting out of the pool. Once breeding season starts she is usually the one who gets the breeding started by throwing herself on Sam.[/QUOTE-------------
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Hello again...thank you for taking this time with me......my husband and I are at a loss on this one.....
I am in Idaho. Paddy is 2 and 1/2 yrs, Bowzer is 1 and 1/2 yrs
So your saying If a male mounted Paddy when she first got here....and appeared to breed her.. doing the success honk and all......that she must be a female?

I have never seen my other male toulouse ...ever... ever.... mount Bowzer......
Bowzer and the other male ( ticklebelly ) were friendly until Paddy came on the scene.....then Bowzer separated from the other couple and followed paddy around. They ( Paddy and Bowzer ) fought terribly for about 4 months. My husband and I had to be on running rescue call from June until nov....when paddy and Bowzer finally made some sort of a truce and bunked together last winter...since then, they are inseparable....and adopted the 6 canada goslings.
there has never been any desire as it appears for paddy to mount Bowzer....or anyone else
Bowzer is taller , more aggressive, louder with an african honk since he is about 1/4 african. Paddy is calmer, less aggressive, high pitched, and will walk up to us when sitting outside and befriend us...where bowzer will just troll around us as if to guard paddy. Bowzer has never laid an egg.....but attempts to mount paddy. Paddy acts like she has no gender in that neither her previous owner nor I have ever seen her lay an egg or mount anyone.....a goose with no gender? lol
we plan next week to take her to the vet...i just wish she would lay and egg or breed so the mystery would be over for us......

loolol
jean

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Iain Utah said:

Yes, my first two geese were a pair of ganders. They raised goslings and took the females as mates. The juvenile boys formed their own group, with more juveniles added to balance male/female ratio.

Boys mate with each other for dominance, and they can also develop homosexual relationships. I've even seen female/female mating in pools if they cannot get a boy's attention, but that is rare.

Honk pitches vary dramatically between breeds. I have low and screeching high sounding ganders. One of the things that is neat about geese is the individuality of their sounds, so much so that I can tell each of my geese just by their voices.

It is possible that you have a female and she is extra good at hiding her eggs, but while you can interrupt the laying cycle, it is impossible to completely shut it off. If you go a whole spring season without seeing her disappear for a couple of hours every other day, usually at sunrise or sunset, then you have a gander.

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