Bought 2 Buffs today

[jblee]

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 is ordering 5 and giving me first choice for the 2 I am getting. I watched the Metzers video on checking the sex. Is there any color difference on Buff goslings at all that you can tell a male from a female? i just dont know if I can vent them properly to get it right. I really dont want 2 ganders. Any advice or tips what to look for when picking them?? Thanks

 

[chickieboy]

usually the small greese arwe female and the bigger greese r male

 

[jblee]

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????

 

[shelleyd2008]

No, you'll have to vent sex them.
http://www.metzerfarms.com/SexingVideo.cfm?CustID=283277

 

[jblee]

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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 doubt it.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I've only done it 3 times so far. The first I did was right (sexed as a girl and she started laying eggs a year later

) but the other 2 I did I don't know if I was right or not.

 

[jblee]

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?

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Kind of, just keep trying until you're sure you have a boy. You'll probably think they are all girls

Once you find a boy then you'll know you're doing it right so you can do the others.

 

[jblee]

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.

 

[Cuttlefishherder]

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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 lol. So we wound up with three ducklings and I think one is a male and the other two are females. I cant wait to try this on the goslings!