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I am hoping I sexed my pair right when I picked up what I hope is 2 females so I can hoepfully avoid all of this, but I dont know how female pairs work either.

Quote: Thats good than, cause I want them to be friendly but definetly dont want them thinking I am a tall stange looking goose who they can treat as one. So maybe things are right were they should be. I'll just keep doing what I am doing and see how it turns out.

Quote: Yeah this seems to be just like mine. They are perfectly fine around us just not when we grab or put our hands out to pet or hold them. I dont necessarily want them to be jumping all over us just not mean when they grow up because they never got used to us.

I am thinking of making simple A-frame type but am interested in this post as well for the same reason except I already have my 2 goslings. good luck

I got 2 female(I believe) Buff goslings about a week ago. They seem alittle skittish from us. They come up to the side of the Rubbermaid brooder but dont like to be picked up. They run and cower alittle in the corner when we put our hand in. We held them a decent amount the first few days and...

Quote: I am currently having these problems as well. Your idea is what I was thinking I might try. I assume they get used to going up and down the coop ladders or steps eventually?? This is the first group that have done this.

Sorry if I got under someones skin. Never said all chinese were aggresive. Only shared what I read and what I have seen. I wasnt attacking the breed, it was just an opinion based on other people posts and my own experiance with geese and observation of what is being said.

I know nothing about geese, exepct what I have read and the 2 Buff goslings I just got. The common thread here seems to be the Chinese breed of geese. I think there aggressiveness is too much for other animals sometimes and even people. Theres Chinese geese at a small fish pond nearby and they...

How big are they at a month old?? As big as a adult chicken?

Quote: Lol right? That video is my best friend recently. Our feed store is getting Toulouse at the end of this month and I practiced on the magpie ducklings they had, for what ever reason I know I sexed my first two right, a boy and a girl, but I put them back and couldn't recreate the process...

Quote: Called Privett, willing to pay more to have them sexed but they dont sex 2 weeks around easter due to high demand. So I'll be giving it a try myself. Hope the feed store doesnt mind?? Would suck if they got all wierd about it.

Its only five I'll have to check unless they throw them in with a hatcheries choice straight run order. Which I will then throw a fit . I will be watching the video like 10 times before I go down to pick them up.

Sorry to be asking all these questions but when I pick up my 2 goslings this week I really dont want to end up with 2 ganders. Is it as easy as it looks?

Quote: Yeah I was affraid that it was going to have to be that way. Have you ever vent sexed before? And if so, how was your accuracy? I watched the video before and it didnt seem to hard, just have to be careful. Maybe I will get lucky and one of the feed store employees will know how but I...

True, but we are talking day old goslings, so i dont think there will be a size difference to tell from. I was wondering if other than vent sexing if you can tell any difference by color. Like maybe the males are a shade darker or lighter. Anybody????

Took the plunge and put in a special order today at my local feed store that gets there geese from Privett hatchery for 2 Buff geese. They will be here next Thursday or Friday. I wanted a pair but she said they would only send straight run which I thought they would sex them but oh well. So she...

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I also posted in the Duck pages but forgot to add, I have a 6 foot block wall around my yard so they would never see out to see people or other animals. Could this help in there behavior and noise??

Oh I forgot one important fact. I have a 6 foot block wall all the way around my backyard up to the sides of the house. there is a vehicle gate on the side where they could look out but I doubt they would like the gravel on the feet over in that area. So they would never really see anything out...

Got some questions regarding the 2. I posted in the geese forum and am not sure which is better. As in my geese post(https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=477637), I live in a subdivision with 8 chicks(hens) and was wanting something else. I considered geese but just am a...