Gosling breed guess?

[ElGoose]

Both of the hatched goslings from Polly have this kind of black/dark marking on their beaks which neither Polly nor Sebastian (Sebastopol/embden) had when they we goslings, so I wonder if our steinbacher goose may be the dad? but I’m not sure what steinbacher goslings look like! Here is the first gosling and the 2 potential fathers (the second gosling has even more prominent dark markings but I can’t get a good pic of it and don’t want to disturb Polly too much)

 

[Iain Utah]

A mauve colored beak with goldish down means he/she will be a buff colored adult and beak will go orange.

 

[ElGoose]

A mauve colored beak with goldish down means he/she will be a buff colored adult and beak will go orange.

Very interesting! We don’t have any buff geese though at all, is it maybe a recessive thing?

 

[AGeese]

Where did you get the Steinbacher?

 

[Iain Utah]

Yes, buff is recessive and carried by grey ganders. I've had fun playing color genetics with my buff and grey dewlap flock. Here is a pic of buff dewlap goslings (out of buff parents).

 

[ElGoose]

Where did you get the Steinbacher?

He and another goose belonged to the previous owner of the house that passed away, when we moved in we kind of just adopted them however his goose was taken one night by someone sadly but he’s gotten along with our geese super well, really gentle and docile gander!

 

[ElGoose]

Yes, buff is recessive and carried by grey ganders. I've had fun playing color genetics with my buff and grey dewlap flock. Here is a pic of buff dewlap goslings (out of buff parents). View attachment 3822323

Oh my goodness that’s so interesting… I’ll have to get a proper pic of the 2 hatched goslings soon to show their beaks a bit more clearly but the markings look very similar! Although ours seem quite prominent and dark

 

[AGeese]

He and another goose belonged to the previous owner of the house that passed away, when we moved in we kind of just adopted them however his goose was taken one night by someone sadly but he’s gotten along with our geese super well, really gentle and docile gander!

That's great, those are rare. I only know one place you can find them and they're expensive and they don't just give them to anyone.

 

[ElGoose]

That's great, those are rare. I only know one place you can find them and they're expensive and they don't just give them to anyone.

I saw online that they’re quite rare! I love him though I could never give him up haha, they’re such a lovely breed

 

[ElGoose]

Looks like we won’t be getting any more hatches because she’s come out of the shed and they followed so I got some better pictures and also a picture of Polly since she missed her lap cuddle hahaha