Pomeranian Goose Breed Thread

[Miss Lydia]

They are all gorgeous! Sounds like they have found an awesome home.

 

[yesterDAYNE]

They are all gorgeous! Sounds like they have found an awesome home.

Haha thanks! They're fun for sure.

Also what does everyone feed their geese around 3months old? We were using flock raiser but its 20% protein and only comes in crumbles, and a few of the geese seem to have issues eating the crumbles. Not sure what else to feed.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Purina makes a waterfowl pellet and flock raiser comes in pellets too.

 

[yesterDAYNE]

Purina makes a waterfowl pellet and flock raiser comes in pellets too.

I saw the flock raiser pellets online, but they arent available in store and it said they arent available online either Is the waterfowl one the one they label duck pellets? https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/purina-duck-feed-pellets-40-lb-3004428-205 If so are these good with chickens too? Our chickens roam with our geese and ducks so they would probably also eat them.

 

[Darrell Cunningham]

Welcome Bhonkers!

In the United States, we have two colors accepted by the A.P.A. the Buff Saddleback and the Grey Saddleback. Of the two colors variants, the Gray is a tad bit easier to find, although good quality birds of either color are difficult to come by (especially now that Holderread's has dispersed their flock of greys).

Their are also a couple of old style German heritage flocks in the U.S. that do not meet the A.P.A. standard. These birds come in white, grey, buff, and saddleback coloration/patterns. They tend to have much pinker bill, legs, and feet. To the best of my knowledge, both primary flocks are now held by private individuals who do not sell eggs or goslings.

According to the American Livestock Breed Conservancy, the Saddleback Pomeranian is critically endangered in the U.S.
Link to their page:http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/pomeranian.html

This breed of goose was considered one of the best table birds in colonial times and used to produce smoked goose breast.

According to the International Waterfowl Breeders Association's Webpage, here are the standards for the breed:

Standard Weights
Old Gander.......17 lbs. Young Gander....15 lbs
Old Goose.........15 lbs. Young Goose......13 lbs.​

BILL: Medium in length, nearly straight, stout.
EYES: Large and rather prominent.
HEAD: Fairly broad, somewhat refined, crown somewhat flat.
NECK: Medium in length, moderately stout; carried upright.
BACK: Slightly convex; approximately 60% more length than breadth.
TAIL: Somewhat short, closely-folded, carried nearly level.
WINGS: Rather long with tips crossing over tail coverts. Carried high, neatly and smoothly folded.
BODY: Moderately long, plump, deep and meaty; keel not permissible. Paunch moderately deep, broad, single-lobed (a dual lobed paunch is a serious defect.)
BREAST: Plump, broad.
LEGS AND FEET: Lower Thighs- medium length, plump, nearly concealed by ample thigh coverts. Shanks- moderately long, rather refined but sturdy. Feet- toes, straight and well-webbed.​

What isn't mentioned above is that the eyes are blue, feet and portion of the legs pink to reddish orange, and a pinkish-red to flesh colored bill. Also, the colored "saddle" should appear like a heart type shape when viewed from above.

Here are my original birds, who were purchased from a private person in Mississippi last summer: They are an unrelated mated pair I named John and Jean after my parents.



Here are some photos are their offspring and some birds I purchased from Kawonu directly and via Celtic.

Tucker and Caboosh: My best marked juvenile goose and gander.

Mom, dad,and the four surviving spring babies...lol.

Juveniles from Kawonu's stock.


And finally, the last two to hatch from my pair's eggs this spring...on Mother's Day. Shaazam and Bazinga.


I have a total of 15 of them, all Buff, right now: My two originals, 6 of their offspring, and 7 from Kawonu's stock.
I have pre-ordered 12 eggs from another source in Iowa for the upcoming season and am going to attempt to buy some from Butch Gunderson, who is or was V.P. of the A.P.A: He raises both the grey and buff birds.

Hello fantastic I just hatched two off hatching eggs of eBay . Do you sell hatching eggs if so how much ? I live in Mississippi do you still have the other sellers info . Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Darrell Cunningham]

I saw the flock raiser pellets online, but they arent available in store and it said they arent available online either Is the waterfowl one the one they label duck pellets? https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/purina-duck-feed-pellets-40-lb-3004428-205 If so are these good with chickens too? Our chickens roam with our geese and ducks so they would probably also eat them.

Hello do
You sell
The saddleback geese eggs looking for pure breeds with the blue eyes .

 

[jabou29]

Hello, I just joined the Pomeranian Geese fam! I just got me two little buff gooselings today! They are a couple of days old! Can’t wait to watch them grow and see if I have a gander and a goose which I am hoping!!!

 

[Darrell Cunningham]

Ok if you have a lighter colored one it’s probably a male the darker colored the female also . You will notice the male putting himself between you and the female the male will come and follow you the female will follow him . Just notice the behavior spend time with them to bond you’ll quickly see behavior patterns . The males have quite the personality I hatched out two two more eggs in the incubator. Good luck .

 

[CrazyCochin]

Hello, I just joined the Pomeranian Geese fam! I just got me two little buff gooselings today! They are a couple of days old! Can’t wait to watch them grow and see if I have a gander and a goose which I am hoping!!! View attachment 3035626

Such cute little baby dolls! Our Pomeranian gander has been single for about three years. It was smart of you to get two. As a gosling, Gussie was the sweetest little thing ever.

My aunt brought our first and only gosling home single, and that Gander is one of the meanest things you will ever come across.
He will literally throw himself at a shovel, and has attacked me twice. Let’s just say the only thing that kept our family from getting rid of him is the fact that he scares off predators.

 

[CrazyCochin]

Such cute little baby dolls! Our Pomeranian gander has been single for about three years. It was smart of you to get two. As a gosling, Gussie was the sweetest little thing ever.

My aunt brought our first and only gosling home single, and that Gander is one of the meanest things you will ever come across.
He will literally throw himself at a shovel, and has attacked me twice. Let’s just say the only thing that kept our family from getting rid of him is the fact that he scares off predators.

But however, some of us do have a bit of a soft spot for him.