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Please help ID sex of geese
Female african and chinese geese make a "goink" sound while the ganders calls are longer, louder, and more trumpet like. The "embden" has too much gray in it's wing to be an embden. Young hens often have a few gray feather but nothing like that. Looks more like a pilgrim gander. But if it is... -
Embden Goose male or female
If it's a gander it's a pilgrim not an Embden based on the gray in the wings. Young embden females commonly have a few gray feathers on them but not like that in their wings. -
Duck breeders in wisconsin
Sorry I had completely forgotten I'd responded to this thread. They do fine so long as they are not in a drafty place. I used to keep mine outside all winter long before we moved and gained a barn. Now I only put them in the barn because we have no natural windbreaks around and all winter long... -
Duck breeders in wisconsin
I've got black east indies, blue bibbed calls, white muscovies, and mallards currently. -
Please Help Identify What Kind Of Geese These Are?
Well it's a lovely bird but also probably not a pure embden. Gray in young embdens is light in color (like a faded pair of blue jeans), obscure (not that even in color) and usually it's only a feather or two here and there not the whole wing feathers. -
Please Help Identify What Kind Of Geese These Are?
True but those are usually on the sides above the thighs not in the wings and the buff coloring in the feathers almost seems to smooth and even on the individual feathers to be from dirt alone. It would appear much more splotchy on each feather. I am still going to say faded buffs or as... -
Please Help Identify What Kind Of Geese These Are?
They almost look more like extremely bleached out American buffs than embdens. It's hard to say with those pictures as they're kinda dark and the bits of brownish i'm seeing could just be stained dirty feathers. If they're in a shaded spot it would be easier to tell after they molt. -
Something took eggs from a full time setting goose
Skunks are very common egg eaters and will take them right out from under sitting hens. If not that then it is very possible she is crushing them and eating the pieces or even breaking and eating them herself (had a hen do that once as well.) -
Twelve Hour Egg Rotation Workable?
All in all do whatever you feel the most comfortable with and works best in your schedule. I'm the anomaly on this site anyways. I've only ever turned my eggs on the 12hr rotation and I never go into "lockdown" but having hatched out 50+ goslings last season and the previous 4. Maybe I'm lucky... -
Twelve Hour Egg Rotation Workable?
I turn my eggs on a 12 hour schedule. Works fine for me. -
Pomeranian Goose Breed Thread
Oscar Grow's thoughts on lobes in Pomeranian geese: "On the other hand, there is a tendency for some purported Pomeranian ganders to develop dual-lobed paunches which are considered serious defects in this breed. Usually this fault can be traced to dams which harbor dual-lobed genes, but fail... -
Mallards anyone?
I've got a few grays currently. Used to have whites and snowys at one time. -
Water and Breeding question?
They will be able to breed succesfully just fine with a minimum of water. These are the water dishes i use. Usually they breed on the ground right next to it, dunking their heads in the water. If they want more than that to breed in, they gotta hope for a puddle... -
Water and Breeding question?
They will be able to breed succesfully just fine with a minimum of water. These are the water dishes i use. Usually they breed on the ground right next to it, dunking their heads in the water. If they want more than that to breed in, they gotta hope for a puddle... -
Chinese Goose In Winter
It's nothing to really worry all that much about unless you intend to use the birds for showing. As long as they are able to get out of the wind it's unlikely it'll happen anyways. My geese sit outside in their pen in the snow and cold with only a windbreak for protection all winter long and...