Breeding Sebastopol Geese

[Fuchsia]

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[NatJ]

Are the curly feathers in Sebastopol geese from the frizzle gene? Can you breed curly feathers to curly feathers or is it recommended to have a combo of curly and smooth?

Here is a thread that talks about it:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...curly-and-smooth-breasted-sebastopols.624616/

When I read through the first page of posts, I find that you can breed them in any combinations.

It looks like geese come in three feathers varieties: curly ones that have two genes for curled feathers, normal ones that have no genes for curled feathers, and ones they are calling "smooth breasted" that have one gene for curled feathers and one for normal (those have some curly feathers at the back end, but not all over, which would by why they are called "smooth breasted.") But then I'm seeing later posts that say the curly breasted and smooth breasted appearance is not always an accurate way to tell how many curly-feather genes the geese have-- a few people have some that "should" look one way but actually look the other way.

 

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[N F C]

Hi, good info from @NatJ hope it helps. Thanks for joining!

 

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