5 week old gosling with hard crop

[livininbrazil]

Here is the oddball gosling

Still looks Asiatic, but does it have a little tuft on its head?

 

[Starfire669]

Could he be a half breed? Chinese mixed with something else? He does talk diferently than the others. And yes, he does have a little tuft on his head. It's cute. Lol

 

[livininbrazil]

Could he be a half breed? Chinese mixed with something else? He does talk diferently than the others. And yes, he does have a little tuft on his head. It's cute. Lol

Is it a bit smaller than the others? There´s a breed called Roman tufted, I wonder if it´s part that and part chinese?

 

[livininbrazil]

Could he be a half breed? Chinese mixed with something else? He does talk diferently than the others. And yes, he does have a little tuft on his head. It's cute. Lol

On the 2014 gosling thread, you´ll "8geesealaying"´s posts. If you click on her profile, you´ll find pics of her tufteds.

 

[Starfire669]

He is 5 weeks old, but is nearly as big as the Chinese that are 6 weeks old.

 

[Starfire669]

The roman tufted are really cute. But I don't have the land to support different types of geese, and I wanted Chinese because they are reported to bond to their owners. This is a desirable trait with children, I don't want my kids hurt by an aggressive gander. I thought if I buy friendly geese really young they would bond to us and be less dangerous. Not sure if it works that way, but here's hoping.

 

[Starfire669]

 

[Starfire669]

 

[Miss Lydia]

That is adorable, how about the band is it still loose?

So precious

 

[Starfire669]

The band is lose, but it will not fit when he is full grown. That band was the size recommended for geese and it is going to be too small. I want to band my original pairs as I'd like to hatch gosling from them, and I'd like to keep track of the separate pairs. I put the bands on the 2 largest gosling to see how much room they had to grow, the answer is none. I will have to take them off in a few days. The photo you are looking at was taken today during their yard time. I take them out 2 times a day for about an hour to graze and take baths. They live in the same enclosure as the chickens for now. I wanted them to be raised together because I have heard of geese attacks chickens. I also made the noob mistake of buying the birds before I built the pen. Now I'm doing modifications and planning to enlarge it. Stupid me.