Muscovy Duck X Goose cross

[razvanM]

Hi ! My geese have just strted to set and my gander,beeing bored alone has started to mate with my muscovy ducks,can a hybrid happed or they are impossible to cross ?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hi ! My geese have just strted to set and my gander,beeing bored alone has started to mate with my muscovy ducks,can a hybrid happed or they are impossible to cross ?

I don't think it can be done, this can of worms has been opened many times here though, i have Embden gander who has mated with my Scovies ducks for 5 yrs and only thing that has happened is very low fertility in the eggs because of the mating. No guck yet.

 

[Kevin565]

I don't think it's possible even with Muscovies. The only "Geese" I've heard of breeding with ducks are Egyptian Geese. If I'm not mistaken they are actually closer to Shelducks than geese.

 

[Speceider]

Gray (1958) lists muscovy hybrids with bar-headed geese, swan geese, snow goose, Canda goose, and spur-winged goose.

Clint

 

[bemba]

Gray (1958) lists muscovy hybrids with bar-headed geese, swan geese, snow goose, Canda goose, and spur-winged goose.

Do you know where I could find this info?

 

[razvanM]

Here http://www.bryancore.org/hdb/index.html