Egyptian Geese? (pic)

[goosedragon]

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They have reputations as the meanest geese. Zoos are said to keep them with the Rineos as the only animal that can put up with them when they are mating. I don't know if it is true but you hear it alot.

 

[DuckLady]

I have heard the same thing goosedragon.

Beautiful, but cantankerous.

 

[BellLisamo]

Thank you CATS for all that info!!!!

Usschicago, thank you for such a wonderful compliment.


Goosedragon wow!! they sound kinda mean and nasty huh????

 

[BellLisamo]

How old would you all say those in the picture are???

 

[goosedragon]

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I have a rep as being a SOB myself. I was contacted by a person in Texas that claimed to have 57 young grown birds that he could sell me at $10/bird but I would have to come and catch and transport them myself, I told him NO THANKS! and put a block on his email address. They are beautiful but so are sharks and sharks don't fly. They look young in that picture, If they have the red spot on their breast they are old enough to be dangerous.

 

[Cats Critters]

More facts
-are the smallest domestic gees and the most colorful

Here is what is in their little fact box:
Size class-Light
Color - Bill is reddish purple:eyes are orange; shanks and feet are reddish yellow. Head and neck are black and gray with reddish brown patches around eyes. Back is ray and black with a reddish cast. Breast is grayish brown with a reddish brown patch that appears like a bloodied area around a stab wound . Upper body is gray and black; lower body is yellowish buff with black penciled lines. Wings are white and black. Tail is glossy black
Conservation status-Not applicable (means ALBC has not listed this breed on its Conservation Priority List)

 

[BellLisamo]

eeek!!! aw i wish they werent so mean!!

 

[BellLisamo]

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Oh! Ok that conservation status got me! My buff saddlebacks are on the list. (Found out on some website...)

 

[Cats Critters]

Book says that that means one of these things:
- Sufficient breeding birds and flocks
-never established with continuous breeding populations in North America
-foundation stock is no longer available
-or the global pop. is sufficient to protect a breed that isn't traditionally important in North America

 

[goosedragon]

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They didn't make the list because they had NO Ag uses, strictly a show bird, not raised for meat eggs or feathers.