Goose lovers – please help!!

[redev]

What does cross breeding mean in regard to the buff goslings? Were the goslings produced by crossing a gray toulouse with an american buff? Or does it mean the breeding gander was gray with recessive buff gene bred to a buff goose, and therefore some of the goslings were buff?? I am confused and really do not know all there is to know about the recessive sex links. As some of you know, I have a few goslings from Carole and therefore am quite interested. Em

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

cross bred as in a goose/gander who were NOT a dewlap at all were in the mix of some(many) of the goslings sold this year. IE... white african or emden

 

[1MrsMagoo]

Hello from wet wild SE Louisiana! The storm has finally moved from being right on top of us and the wind and rain have slowed considerably.

Everyone here made it through the persistent pest Isaac pretty well with minimal damage. We lost three trees and last night a section of my chicken coop roof and have enough branches down to cover every inch of the 4 visible acres of our property. My husband got outside long enough to fix the chicken coop roof and remove the branches from the drainage ditches earlier and then it started raining again.

My rain gauge filled up sometime overnight (holds 10 inches) and it is still raining: Although it is coming in waves now instead of being constant. Luckily we are on high ground and everything pretty much drained off. What has puddled has created a series of very large mud puddles and small ponds of water that the ducks and geese have been enjoying very much. My goats have finally emerged from their house after not setting hoof out of it since Tuesday night.

Sadly, many people south of us got more water than they did in either Gustav or in some cases Katrina. Many people above Lake Pontchartrain have suffered severe flooding as well as those south of New Orleans.

We only lost power for 28 hours, which is excellent: We have a wonderful co-op power company and always have service restored before those to the south of us. We still had 12 gallons of gas for the generator when we were able to shut it down.

Anyway, I thought I would check in. Thanks to those who asked about my family both human and feathered. Prayers to those of you that have been affected by or are in the path of Isaac.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hello from wet wild SE Louisiana! The storm has finally moved from being right on top of us and the wind and rain have slowed considerably.

Everyone here made it through the persistent pest Isaac pretty well with minimal damage. We lost three trees and last night a section of my chicken coop roof and have enough branches down to cover every inch of the 4 visible acres of our property. My husband got outside long enough to fix the chicken coop roof and remove the branches from the drainage ditches earlier and then it started raining again.

My rain gauge filled up sometime overnight (holds 10 inches) and it is still raining: Although it is coming in waves now instead of being constant. Luckily we are on high ground and everything pretty much drained off. What has puddled has created a series of very large mud puddles and small ponds of water that the ducks and geese have been enjoying very much. My goats have finally emerged from their house after not setting hoof out of it since Tuesday night.

Sadly, many people south of us got more water than they did in either Gustav or in some cases Katrina. Many people above Lake Pontchartrain have suffered severe flooding as well as those south of New Orleans.

We only lost power for 28 hours, which is excellent: We have a wonderful co-op power company and always have service restored before those to the south of us. We still had 12 gallons of gas for the generator when we were able to shut it down.

Anyway, I thought I would check in. Thanks to those who asked about my family both human and feathered. Prayers to those of you that have been affected by or are in the path of Isaac.

I was hoping you would check in soon, happy to hear you all are safe and didn't suffer too much damage.

 

[Iain Utah]

Redev, I believe her white african gander (and maybe also her embden gander) bred with her buff females. Lots of the buffs have blue eyes (a distinct white african and embden color, whereas buffs have hazel eyes). Most of their heads are not a smooth dome shape and are not developing dewlaps. Also their overall structure is not as compact and tabletop shaped with deep keels. A high end buff breeder pointed it out in pictures I sent him. He thought perhaps they were american buff, but probably did not consider the buff dewlap crossed with african. He did not know (as I had not realized at that time) that most have blue eyes. However, his comments that they were definitely not true buff dewlaps is what started me studying them more carefully with an eye for cross-breeding issues.

 

[1MrsMagoo]

I was hoping you would check in soon, happy to hear you all are safe and didn't suffer too much damage.

Thanks Miss Lydia. All in all, the worst part was juggling the generator. If we wanted to run the well pump, we had to shut off the fridges. So, we made many trips to the electrical panel (we have a bypass box where we can switch our incoming power to the generators). Luckily, it was nice and cool last night so the loss of air conditioning wasn't a big deal.

Did get kind of scary a couple times. We have over 40 mature oak trees on our property (pines are all removed from anywhere near the house) and the wind was making them dance. We lost a couple large limbs that bounced off the roof over our master bedroom, but luckily just dented the metal and didn't create any leaks. All the tornadoes seemed to stay clear of us and the severe thunderstorms only started this afternoon. Most of that seemed to hit poor Mississippi while the storm sat parked over SW Louisiana.

 

[SummerChick]

Hello from wet wild SE Louisiana! The storm has finally moved from being right on top of us and the wind and rain have slowed considerably.

Everyone here made it through the persistent pest Isaac pretty well with minimal damage. We lost three trees and last night a section of my chicken coop roof and have enough branches down to cover every inch of the 4 visible acres of our property. My husband got outside long enough to fix the chicken coop roof and remove the branches from the drainage ditches earlier and then it started raining again.

My rain gauge filled up sometime overnight (holds 10 inches) and it is still raining: Although it is coming in waves now instead of being constant. Luckily we are on high ground and everything pretty much drained off. What has puddled has created a series of very large mud puddles and small ponds of water that the ducks and geese have been enjoying very much. My goats have finally emerged from their house after not setting hoof out of it since Tuesday night.

Sadly, many people south of us got more water than they did in either Gustav or in some cases Katrina. Many people above Lake Pontchartrain have suffered severe flooding as well as those south of New Orleans.

We only lost power for 28 hours, which is excellent: We have a wonderful co-op power company and always have service restored before those to the south of us. We still had 12 gallons of gas for the generator when we were able to shut it down.

Anyway, I thought I would check in. Thanks to those who asked about my family both human and feathered. Prayers to those of you that have been affected by or are in the path of Isaac.

Happy to hear you and family and feathered family are doing well and only have minimal damage.

 

[Iain Utah]

Well, my friends, it appears the former owner is not done with making my life difficult. He contacted the Utah department of agriculture today and reported me. And even though I had already contacted them before and explained the situation, the state vet appears to have misunderstood. In any event, I am now being required to have all untested birds on property tested (45 birds) before getting NPIP. I am also being fined $200. My vet, bless his heart, is coming out to my place next week on his day off to get this done. Not sure what he will charge, although it will not be the regular clinic prices. Lab fees are estimated at $280.

 

[LightningTFarm]

I was born during a hurricane in South Louisiana, and while I live in Texas now I still have family there who have had to go through it. I had just looked at the pictures of your beautiful place last week, so I was crossing my fingers and saying a prayer that you and yours would come through this storm okay. Poor Louisiana seems to always take it on the chin!

 

[redev]

All I can say is omg! I only have 2 buffs and was planning how to pair them up to get more buffs. I'll just have to wait and see how they turn out.

lain, I am so sorry for all the trouble you are having. I always heard a good deed never goes unpunished, and you certainly have done a very good deed. Don't see how you could be fined as the birds were tested before leaving their home state and you are already in the NPIP process.

By the way, do the adult buffs that you still have look like the real thing??