Goose lovers – please help!!

[Marty1876]

So, if they sebbies didin't lose their colors yet, will they keep them? Do most molt happen in a certain season, or at a certain age?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

your spring babies should have two molts, the second blowing out and bringing in new feathers. sebbies feathers look better their second year than their first, but their first shows length and quality you are working with. The dilute grey should stay, the other coloring you are seeing is feather staining, it is darn near impossible to get rid of unless you keep them on perfect lush grass 24/7 and change their pools 3-4 times a day. Its part of having those long feathers, they pick up stains everywhere.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

White sebbies are all color carriers as white masks all other colors. When two mate that both carry the same masked color gene you can get the dilute grey splash ganders popping up most often. When bred back to white you throw all whites again with masking gene taking back over. However you can still get a spot of two on an otherwise all white bird.

 

[Iain Utah]

By the way, I forgot who asked the question about dna testing lab that was used... but I figured I'd answer. It was Zoogen DNA Services. According to clinic office manager, it is the best company for avian testing.

 

[LightningTFarm]

Do you have to go through a vet to use them or can anybody send a sample in directly?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

www.avianbiotech.com you can send samples in directly. They have worked with goose breeders all across the US and UK too. they do feather or blood sample

Zeegen only uses a blood sample

either will allow you send in the sample yourself with no need for a vet visit or bill

 

[LightningTFarm]

www.avianbiotech.com you can send samples in directly. They have worked with goose breeders all across the US and UK too. they do feather or blood sample

Zeegen only uses a blood sample

either will allow you send in the sample yourself with no need for a vet visit or bill

Well, I sure won't be drawing blood myself, so if I need any DNA tests done it will be with Avian Biotech! Thanks for the information!

 

[Iain Utah]

Lightning, I am pretty confident your pair are males as they were vent sexed 3 times by 2 different people with the same results. I am told that unlike juveniles, adult males are easy to sex. However, if you want to dna test them... you may still want to consider zoogen as pulling feathers is just as bad to me as pricking the leg to cause a drop or two of blood to bead, then smearing the drop of blood onto a postcard supplied by lab, which is how to acquire sample for zoogen.

 

[LightningTFarm]

I'm not too worried about Atticus and Finch right now, as I've seen no indication that they are not both ganders. I just wanted the information for future reference. Thanks for that information, though! Nice to know they have been vent sexed so many times.

 

[Triplell]

By the way, I forgot who asked the question about dna testing lab that was used... but I figured I'd answer.  It was Zoogen DNA Services.  According to clinic office manager, it is the best company for avian testing.

Thanks Iian,I am looking to do the feather testing with my African crosses and my Troulouse. Thanks again.