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    Gosling bullies Duckling

    I have a 4 week old gosling embdenxpilgrim mix. It's supposed to be a girl according to DNA test but it's doing the nose dive drake style against the female ducks. Maybe it learned from the drake. It would also cling onto the back of the neck of duck then jump ontop(just like a drake again)...
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    Any Experience with Pilgrim cross breeds?

    Hahaha yea we got deceived last year when they hatched a female pilgrim looking gosling and we assumed it's a she. Turned out to be a gander with female pilgrim plumage. The pilgrim gosling I'm raising now isn't from my own geese but another breeder. They only have pilgrim so no curve balls...
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    Any Experience with Pilgrim cross breeds?

    Results are out.. the yellow gosling with male characteristics turned out to be a FEMALE. Here she is with her pilgrim sister that is autosexed. Did not need DNA test for her. Ok I'm completely confused. A yellow gosling with no female characteristics and is 20-25% larger than the other...
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    Any Experience with Pilgrim cross breeds?

    How about a pilgrim male with embden female? I hatched 3 so far and 1 gosling this year. 2 white males all grown up now with typical yellow down as goslings. Can whites be female by any chance or they're autosex to be male once they don't have dark Saddleback? The one male that threw us off...
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    Pilgrim vs Embden

    I just found out that I have a male pilgrim recently. The female is pure embden as she's pure white. The male is white with some grey spots. Their gosling threw me off for the entire time thinking there was a problem with health or deficiency. It turned out their son took on all the...
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    Please help with identification of my geese breed

    Ah yes! I bet the male is a pilgrim then. Their son took on all the characteristics of a typical female pilgrim with hazel colored eyes and grey saddleback. Mystery solved. Thank you!
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    First hawk attack

    Guardgeese would honk or scream the hell out of nearly all aerial predators! (Usually before they even get close unless they're busy eating or playing with the human) I had an golden eagle come swooping down just above my apple tree to grab a duck but my 2 ganders screamed the hell out of the...
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    Please help with identification of my geese breed

    I've been given 2 bonded geese last year as previous owner didn't have space for them after their move. Initially, I thought these 2 were embden but when they gave birth to a very odd looking gosling/gander, it completely threw me off. Question 1. Is there some Toulouse genetics in the dad...
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    Potential harlequin sneaked into batch of runners and gender question

    Omg, thank you so much for this link. This is an encyclopedia of duck colors!🙏🙏🙏
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    Almost lost a few ducks to botulism or toxin

    Last week we went for our usual morning walks and after coming home, 3 of my 5-week old ducklings had severe neurological issues. The geese were fine and the rest of the 8ducklings were fine so I had to play detective quickly. I initially thought the geese attacked it and injured it. Within 1...
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    Potential harlequin sneaked into batch of runners and gender question

    Thank you. I'm completely a newbie. Just started with birds this year. Previously a cat person for close to 20 years. I will post pictures of my flock somewhere.
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    Potential harlequin sneaked into batch of runners and gender question

    Oh it still stands up or at least 75-80°up. Yes it's a snowy coloration. Ah, dusky is the term! Well Welsh comes from khakis and khakis come from runners. So it would all make sense.
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    Potential harlequin sneaked into batch of runners and gender question

    Hi, I hatched 11 runner ducks but have noticed an odd duckling out. It gets pushed aside during feeding. It walks much slower than the rest of the flock and it doesn't like to follow me. It's scared of both me and the other ducks and because of that, it has niacin deficiency due to not being...
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    Gosling runs like a truck but normal walking

    Thank you for raising the awareness. They get nutritional yeast and brewer's yeast in their dry food but lately they have been eating 80+% grass instead of the dry food so I'll get some in their water. Thank you again.
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    Gosling runs like a truck but normal walking

    I have 2 embden goslings just about 5 weeks old. One is smaller and walks very gracefully and beautifully. It loves walking and even challenging me to power walk(race). The bigger and chubbier one loves eating and sitting a lot.. it walks normally but when it runs, it turns into a mini truck...
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    New here gosling and duckling parent

    Hi everyone, New parent of runner ducks and embden geese. I have 2 2-year old embden parents and their gosling. I incubated 2 goslings myself. 2/3 hatch rate. They're 5 weeks old and completely bonded with me. Very clingy and needy children. I walk them to fresh pasture 2-3 times a day and...
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