Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[ChickDancer]

I picked up 5 ducks yesterday, 3 white crested females, 1 black crested female, and 1 Pekin male. And I have 2 white Chinese geese in the yard (some baby Chinese and African too but they are still downy). All were in the front yard when I was told my new geese were pretty.

. We're the necks not a dead give away? Or the fact that the ducks were quacking?

Ah, gotcha. Yeah it's not common knowledge that there is no breed of goose that is black. But you should be able to tell the difference...

 

[livininbrazil]

She thought it was the chickens laying, she is brand new to poultry raising of any kind. Her hens can only be a month older than mine, I don't think any of them are laying yet. And Daisy laid yesterday as I was there checking them over and preparing to load them in crates for the drive home. The lady kept hoping her leghorn was laying, it turns out the small chicken egg was really a small duck egg from Ebony!

And call me obsessed if you will, but I am usually the first person to say something is wrong with that animal. Because I pay attention to their normal habits and routines I notice things that are off or different. Helps me keep everyone healthy!

That´s the way to be. Well cared-for animals.

Sometimes i have to catch myself and not call people ignorant lol and remind myself that not everyone is as observant as others. I just get tired of explaining things. Like "No, not all horses are race horses"

"No, ive never been a jockey"

"No those are geese not large chickens"

"No those are guineas not Turkeys"

"No they do NOT bleach the eggs white at the store before before selling them"

2 of my neighbors told me my new geese were pretty, especially the black one. And I'm just like uh huh. Nod and smile, just nod and smile.

Forgive me, I have sorta kept up lately, but keep getting everyone confused with each other...

What exactly do you have out there that they are calling a BLACK goose??

Quack quack...

 

[ChickDancer]

Quack quack...

You have to admit, it would have been much funnier if the neighbor had been referring to a black CHICKEN!

 

[Starfire669]

Ah, gotcha. Yeah it's not common knowledge that there is no breed of goose that is black. But you should be able to tell the difference...

I'll give them the fact that my 2 white Chinese are only 9 weeks old, so only slightly bigger than the ducks. But the geese have much longer necks, and they don't quack! And the black crested female is the smallest of the ducks, that would be 1 tiny goose. Lol

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Fluffy baby pics forgive the pen they mess it up quick!

My lavender Tufted

 

[Starfire669]

Fluffy baby pics forgive the pen they mess it up quick!

My lavender Tufted

 

[ChickDancer]

Fluffy baby pics forgive the pen they mess it up quick!

Mess? You call THAT a mess??

How long have you owned geese, again?!?

 

[8GeeseALaying]

This is my 3rd year raising geese lol they were on the clean end lol they got in the food and water on the other end lol

 

[servpolice]

8 im guessing your proud of your lavender

 

[servpolice]

Ive one mixed gosling hatched its a embden/chinesetoulouse X embden greylag and the baby looks like a embden coloured baby