Mixing Saddleback Geese

[LittleJewels]

Hi,
I am planning on ordering Saddleback Goslings soon and I wanted to get both gray and buff, but I am concerned about them mixing later and what the results would be? These will free range together. Will mixing "ruin" the gray and buff colors? I will be selling my extra eggs/goslings in years to come. I can not seem to find much information online about it...

Also is it best to pair 1/1 or 2-3 geese to a gander? I am wanting them to set and brood their own eggs....

Thank you!

 

[Goosebaby]

Female geese are the ones who usually determine color and sex of their goslings, so a female only needs to inherit 1 copy of the Buff recessive, sex linked gene from her mother to be visually buff, but a male would require a copy from both mother and father to be visually buff.
So if the mom is buff you have a good likelihood some of her daughters will also be buff, but not very likely for the boys unless the father carries 1 copy of the Buff gene recessive.
Spotted gene is another recessive sex linked gene, it’s the gene that causes the saddleback, so the same rules apply, but because all of your geese will be pied then all of the goslings will also be pied more than likely unless there’s other genes at play like the dilution gene.

Here’s the best gene guide around https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/our-guide-to-colour-and-pattern-genetics-in-geese.561779/

 

[LittleJewels]

Thank you for the reply! I guess maybe that means I wouldn't muddle the colors by mixing them. I would either have buff or gray goslings hatch...

 

[Goosebaby]

Thank you for the reply! I guess maybe that means I wouldn't muddle the colors by mixing them. I would either have buff or gray goslings hatch...

They’ll be beauties like their parents!