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- Jun 8, 2012
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I had a good hatching season this year and ended up with 6 saddle backs . The parents where both pied . They were mostly white with grey flecks all over and there babies came out saddleback, grey, white , lavender and only 1 gosling that is white with grey flecks. I have 3 lavenders from this batch and read they are always male .I have read with cross breeds the saddle backs will all be female but I’m not sure that is true if they are 3rd generation of crosses ? I will find out when they mature I guess. I hope they are both sexes though. Saddle backs are my favorite. I cross them because there is not a lot of genetic diversity for pure breeds in Hawaii.I wish I knew. My white goose pictured in the nest has a beautiful saddleback hidden under her white wings. She mated with our lavender Sebastopol and one of the eggs hatched. The little one has no trace of a saddle. So, I will just have to wait until my 5 week old gosling grows up to see what the little one will look like. You might be right that the gander has to have the saddleback.
Your saddleback looks a lot like mine. What a great gaggle you have!!!!