Help.... lost my male embden

[slightlyscrambled]

do I need to get another embden for my female or just any male?

 

[Willowbrook]

It would depend if you wanted to produce pure Embden gosling's or mixed breed gosling's.
The more important question is will you female accept a new mate regardless of the species?
Good luck.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Awww, I'm so very sorry! I don't know what you could or should do. I don't know much about geese except that I love my pair of Embdens and know how heartbroken you must be to have lost your gander. I hope you & your goose find a new guy to love.

 

[slightlyscrambled]

my entire family is heart broken I really dont care about pure breed, I'm not even sure they were pure .. I just dont want her to be lonely. they had just started to eat out of my daughters hand and would follow us around the yard... I got to lazy and didnt put them in their pen today when we went to town. My labs dug under their fence and well.........

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Forgive yourself & your dog too. You live, you learn, and often learn the hard way. I bet your post will save the life of many other geese, reminding us all to be more careful. Thank you for sharing.

I still don't know what would be best for your goose. If you weren't intending to breed you may be able to get another female to keep your goose company. Or she might be content with a duck for a friend, I don't know. I hope some other goose experts will chime in.

I have 2 Pekin ducks, both female I hope, who spend a lot of time ranging with our Embden pair. My kids claim these birds have formed a special White Webfoot Society and consider themselves superior to all the other birds in the yard.

Check in the Where am I/Where are you? section to find folks in your state/county/city/area. Maybe there's someone nearby who has a goose or gander to sell or give away.

 

[Soccer Mom]

I agree that if you aren't wanting to breed, there is no reason to live with a male. Another female would give her companionship when you're gone.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

i'm so sorry for your loss! how awful - we lost a gosling this spring and it was just gutting.

:-(

our toulouse spent some time with a roman tuffed and produced some lovely babies.

i'm sure if you put an ad on craiglist you'll find a friend for her. we rehomed a little roo to a woman who lost her's and it was a beautiful thing to see how he soothed her pain.

 

[goosedragon]

As for White birds sticking together it was true for me (except my Pilgrim gander who stuck with his gray mate). I called the band of white birds the KKK, knights of the quacker clan Didn't like white chickens though.

 

[catnip]

any luck finding another goose?