Confirming suspicions: Did Ideal mix up my order? Pic

[goosedragon]

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Well that doesn't say much for their breeding program! Btw I guess I am the only one that thinks that they are females, I suspect when they finally feather out they will be a very nice pearl gray. Female Pilgrims are usually lighter than other gray geese. They may have more white on them than you will like... The first feathers on Pilgrims are usually different than the final feathers, no one has ever been able to explain why to me.

 

[Friend2Fowl]

Vent sex them yourself and see if they messed up. I think they are males, a friend got some pilgrims from Metzer Farms last year, and the male was white and the female grey at that age. If they can't color sex them, kinda makes you wonder if they are mixed

 

[marathonmultiplesmom]

hmmm... interesting. I don't think vent sexing is 100% either. If you can see the penis then its a boy and if you can't its a girl. Someone taught me and I've been practicing on chickens, I vent sexed one gosling that seems to be female but the ultimate test is waiting for eggs.

 

[Friend2Fowl]

I don't think chickens are sexed the same way, it's more of the shapes of their vents. Ducks and geese have a penis that extends to breed. If you vent sex them right, it should be 100%. It might be difficult to tell on a day-old or a few-days-old, but the size of these goslings, it shouldn't be difficult.

 

[noahsgeese]

Pilgrim geese have gray on them so I don't think that they are pilgrim females!

 

[marathonmultiplesmom]

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Hmm... also interesting. The person who showed me how to vent sex only deals with chickens and she was showing me so that I could tag my male cornish cross but anyway, thats another story... How do I do it with geese?

With chickens I was taught to hold the chick upside down, push tail down slightly, gently rub the hole with a thumb in circular motions to loosen muscles then kind of open the hole by applying opposite pressure until you can see the void... then look for the penis. I didn't sex every chicken I have though... just the chicks that are starting to get pink combs. I just figured it would be the same for geese so I tried to take a look at one of them. I saw the void in the gosling but nothing else so I assumed it was female. But if it goes by shape now I am not sure. Do you know if there are pics somewhere... or illustrations online?

 

[NapoleanGoose]

Here's a picture I found.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4359e/y4359e0c.jpg

I hope that helps. And good luck with your goslings, they are very cute whatever they are.

 

[Golden Valley Farm]

Those sure look like boys to me. If you look at other pictures of females at that age , they are gray. that white on their back is not going to change to gray.

 

[Friend2Fowl]

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Hmm... also interesting. The person who showed me how to vent sex only deals with chickens and she was showing me so that I could tag my male cornish cross but anyway, thats another story... How do I do it with geese?

With chickens I was taught to hold the chick upside down, push tail down slightly, gently rub the hole with a thumb in circular motions to loosen muscles then kind of open the hole by applying opposite pressure until you can see the void... then look for the penis. I didn't sex every chicken I have though... just the chicks that are starting to get pink combs. I just figured it would be the same for geese so I tried to take a look at one of them. I saw the void in the gosling but nothing else so I assumed it was female. But if it goes by shape now I am not sure. Do you know if there are pics somewhere... or illustrations online?

I always thought chickens were done by the shapes of their vents, learn something new everyday

Geese and ducks are done basically the same way, much the same way as you would sex a rabbit. If it pokes out, it's a boy!

 

[sourland]

Chickens are sexed by vent differences. The males do NOT have penises.