1 baby goose, what should I do?

[horselover58]

Can somebody post a pic of a Canadian Goose baby? Not newborn but maybe a few weeks, months old? I have a goose baby? Looks more like a duck to me. Has black legs, white ring around front of chest by neck. Black beak, VERY friendly. What is he/she? Is it a he or a she? So many questions. Thanks

 

[adrian]

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Gender will be difficult to tell at this age. Ducks and geese have different bills – a duck's is flat and smooth, whereas a goose's isn't. A goose will also have tiny little beak teeth for eating grass. Geese have bodies that are held higher from the ground, and have longer necks. Lots of people mistake ducks for geese and vice versa, especially as babies.

Cackle Hatchery supplies a good picture of a day-old mallard duckling:

http://www.cacklehatchery.com/ahe0412.JPG

Whereas here is a picture of a Canada gosling:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3621/3459748869_120c90a360.jpg

Edit: Just saw you wanted a picture of an older gosling.

I'm slow.
All I can say is, rather than finding more pictures, it will be easy to tell a goose from a duck at that age. Geese have much longer necks. Ducks are short and have short legs; very little neck. At a few weeks/months old, a mallard duck will already begin to look like an adult, whereas a goose will still be stuck in the "awkward" phase where some feathers are coming in, but they basically look like tall, scruffy babies.

 

[horselover58]

Thanks so much for the info and pics. I still can't tell. Those babies are so cute. This little guy/girl does have scruffy feathers. I did notice that there are very small teeth in his/her mouth, he/she is like a black/brownish little thing with a sort of fluffy white chest?, with black beak and black feet. I didn't look at the beak shape yet, but thats my next inspection. Tehe!

 

[Hillsvale]

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