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From the video, I'd say both boys. Super cute!

Well, I'd bet money the buff is a gander, but cannot be sure about the grey. The grey's neck appears shorter and the topline is flatter, which usually is female, but it could just be the posture in that single image. And I do have a grey gander that looks a lot like the one in your picture. I am...

Oh... and to better answer your question... dewlaps will start laying as early as 10 months old, but typically their eggs will not be able to be fertilized (despite yearling ganders being able to fertilize) until they are in their second laying season.

Beautiful! Congrats on the rare find! It looks like the buff is a gander and the grey is a goose. To be sure, if you could post a video with them making noise, I will be able to confirm. If so, how lucky of you to have found a buff/grey pair. My greys have started laying as early as beginning...

Learned a new trick this morning on how to power foam forced air incubator during power outage... with a jackery! I woke up to a winter storm caused outage and my husband got the idea to use our jackery. It worked great until power was restored. Hope my 2 eggs will be ok. They were without power...

Yes, buff is recessive and carried by grey ganders. I've had fun playing color genetics with my buff and grey dewlap flock. Here is a pic of buff dewlap goslings (out of buff parents).

A mauve colored beak with goldish down means he/she will be a buff colored adult and beak will go orange.

Each goose is different. Some of mine will sit until every last egg explodes. Others have an internal timer that goes off after 5-6 weeks and they just leave nest.

Imprinting only occurs at birth. However, they will still bond with you at that age.

Dewlaps are absolute failures at successfully hatching their own eggs. In all the years I have had dewlaps, I've only once had a dewlap successfully hatch her own babies. On the rare few occasions where they manage to sit until hatching, they have crushed the babies. It has been pretty traumatic...

Looks like a pair of chinese boys. How nice of you to consider keeping them! I expect they will be fearful/respectful of your dog, and should integrate ok with your chickens.

If you want the babies to hatch, I'd let her finish brooding. But I'd pour a pile of grain on side of nest and put a dish of water as close as possible to nest. I believe she will slip off nest to drink if no one is looking.

I once had a goose die while brooding. Not sure if she starved or did not get enough water. But from that point on, if I have a broody goose not properly caring for herself when broody, I will either bust up the nest or bring food and water to her nest.

You can try searching on facebook. A quick search showed there is a private group called dewlap toulouse geese breeders that appears active. You may also try calling Holderreads. He is based in corvallis. He retired a couple years ago but may know of a breeder. Good luck!!

Agree his needs a girlfriend, although I should warn you. I had a gander that imprinted on me when hatched and he'd still try to flirt with me every year, even though he had a girlfriend. I'd pick him up and carry him around. He lived for 10 years and never changed. He was an absolute doll.

I'm sorry for your loss. She could have internally developed a shell less egg that poisoned her. If she had a formed shelled egg inside her, she could have internally caused a rupture, if not obvious egg bound. I've also known birds to drop dead from embolisms and heart attacks, but they were...

I usually pull eggs at day 7. If I'm wishful thinking, I may wait until day 10.

I have marked eggs and swapped eggs out from geese nests. They don't care.

The mostly white look like my embden/toulouse cross. The others could also be crosses, but they sure could pass for pomeranian. They are super cute! Congrats!

Good on you to care! You can either get babies for the lone goose to raise or a solo goose of either gender, preferably the older the better. Avoid juvenile/yearling males. You can get more than one goose to build flock, but I'd get one at a time. Do not get more than one goose from the same...