Egg channel?

[erinszoo]

What is an egg channel on a goose? I was reading a post earlier and it was talking about looking for the egg channel on the goose to see if it was a girl or boy and I have no idea what one is. Is it just a kind of part in the feathers? Yeah, probably a dumb question I know but I'm new to geese.

 

[pete55]

Hi

I think they may be referring to the spacing of the pelvic bones which feel like 2 raised triangular areas. I've not found it to be 100% reliable as a sexing method for birds but it does widen when a female comes into lay.

Pete

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I've used that with quail before but it doesn't work if the bird hasn't already started to lay.

 

[erinszoo]

The thing is they were looking at photos and discussing them so I'm not sure how anyone would be able to tell how far apart bones were from looking at a photograph. Thanks.