- Jan 29, 2014
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Well finally I have joined BYC I have followed this site and forums for the last 6 months from when I got my (what the locals call) Kampung Chickens, I am an English man living here in Malaysia for the last 17 years. I bought in total 47 birds at 6 weeks old and they were going great until 3 weeks ago when some person or persons thought that they would make a quick dollar being as the demand is super high for the so called medicinal properties of Kampung Chickens and the forth coming Chinese New Year and broke in stealing 30 of my birds. I was prepared against the monkeys, monitor lizards and other wildlife but I was not prepared against the human. Anyway my remaining 17 birds are still fine and I am getting 9 eggs a day which is great.
All that was off subject sorry for that I thought I would give a little background, anyway about 6 months ago I bought a pair of 3 week old Chinese brown geese they were supposed to be a pair, one was bigger and seemed stronger than the other so maybe they were.(I bought them as a deterrent for monkeys) However as they have grown and come of age so to speak they have changed. I thought I had them sussed but I am not sure now.
The bigger one when they were small is now the smallest one,
The smallest one is much darker than the other,
The lighter coloured one is really light in colour and bigger is in size,
They both hiss, stretch their necks and speed their wings when I come to feed them.
The lumps on their heads are about the same size,
The darker smaller one will not let you closer to it, it always stays just out of arms reach,
The larger one is better than a labrador dog, it will come to you and walk between you legs wanting to be petted all the time, it loves to be picked up,
I have not listened to their sounds so not sure about that,
When they get in the little pond they love to bathe,
If the smaller darker bird is in the pond the bigger lighter coloured bird does not bother it,
If the bigger lighter coloured bird gets in the water then the smaller darker bird tries to grab the back of the other birds neck and pushes it under water, seems like it doesn't know he supposed to get on top haha (sorry) anyway I am confused after reading all the facts on the forums it would seem that the smaller bird is the gander but everything I have read tells me the opposite. How do we really tell? or do I have to wait until there are either eggs or not in a couple of months time??
Stephen
All that was off subject sorry for that I thought I would give a little background, anyway about 6 months ago I bought a pair of 3 week old Chinese brown geese they were supposed to be a pair, one was bigger and seemed stronger than the other so maybe they were.(I bought them as a deterrent for monkeys) However as they have grown and come of age so to speak they have changed. I thought I had them sussed but I am not sure now.
The bigger one when they were small is now the smallest one,
The smallest one is much darker than the other,
The lighter coloured one is really light in colour and bigger is in size,
They both hiss, stretch their necks and speed their wings when I come to feed them.
The lumps on their heads are about the same size,
The darker smaller one will not let you closer to it, it always stays just out of arms reach,
The larger one is better than a labrador dog, it will come to you and walk between you legs wanting to be petted all the time, it loves to be picked up,
I have not listened to their sounds so not sure about that,
When they get in the little pond they love to bathe,
If the smaller darker bird is in the pond the bigger lighter coloured bird does not bother it,
If the bigger lighter coloured bird gets in the water then the smaller darker bird tries to grab the back of the other birds neck and pushes it under water, seems like it doesn't know he supposed to get on top haha (sorry) anyway I am confused after reading all the facts on the forums it would seem that the smaller bird is the gander but everything I have read tells me the opposite. How do we really tell? or do I have to wait until there are either eggs or not in a couple of months time??
Stephen