I bought 3 Seb goslings from a friend who got them from a hatchery and they were old enough they couldn't be sexed by color with the down already off the body. They're supposed to be whites, I got 3 and one of those she vent sexed and felt at least one was a female but then found out it could be dangerous to vent sex them at the age they are and she stopped trying on the others. So, I'm hoping of 3 there is actually at least 1 female. They are adorable so I really don't care if they're all males.
I've just had them a few days but I never knew goslings could be so smart. I'm not even sure how old they are but the down is off the body, mostly, and they look pretty funny. They have grown a "lot" in the past few days too. That is so amazing to me. I brought the 3 of them home in a shipping box I had from some chickens that were shipped to me. In a weeks time, they went from just fitting in the box to being too big to fit all 3 in the same box!
I have a 6 by 10 chain link dog kennel with a dog house (straw bedding) and they have a storage bin (6 inches deep, rectanglular) for water and a pan for the game chick grower. I'll switch them to goose food when they have feathers. I let them out when I'm home and they have free range of the yard but I keep a close eye on them. We also have chickens, turkeys and guineas. Our dogs are great with anything I bring home except for my sons chocolate lab. Matt uses him to duck hunt and he's excellent at his job but when he came here to live, he had to learn what lives here is not "game" and he has done great. He's fine with all the poultry and he will be with these guys too. We even taught him not to bother the wild geese that come to the pond by the house and graze with the horses. He is naturally more curious about these little goslings but learning and he won't be allowed to be loose with them until they are well settled here. My miniature poodle LOVES them. They follow her and she follows them. When the big lab wanted to nose in check out "her" Sebbie goslings, my poodle jumped in his face and nipped him on the cheek and everytime he tried to get close to them she would lift her lip and whirl around to nip him like a little bantam hen with her chicks. Once the new has worn off, the lab will be fine. My other dogs don't ever even bother to look at the poultry.
I had them out all evening yesterday. They stayed out in front of the barn which is in the backyard, facing the back of the house. They I went out to check on them and they came "running" to see me with wings out.
We have a huge yard and 2 ponds, a med sized one in the back yard and half acre pond on the side of the back yard and they have loads of grass to eat. They get to stay in the pen (out a few hours everyday) till fully feathered and I'm working on a more permanent pen for them for night time after that and I know they will be easy trained to come in on their own at night as adults because as it got dark last night, they put themselves in the chicken coop before I closed the chickens up.
They are such good babies
I've just had them a few days but I never knew goslings could be so smart. I'm not even sure how old they are but the down is off the body, mostly, and they look pretty funny. They have grown a "lot" in the past few days too. That is so amazing to me. I brought the 3 of them home in a shipping box I had from some chickens that were shipped to me. In a weeks time, they went from just fitting in the box to being too big to fit all 3 in the same box!
I have a 6 by 10 chain link dog kennel with a dog house (straw bedding) and they have a storage bin (6 inches deep, rectanglular) for water and a pan for the game chick grower. I'll switch them to goose food when they have feathers. I let them out when I'm home and they have free range of the yard but I keep a close eye on them. We also have chickens, turkeys and guineas. Our dogs are great with anything I bring home except for my sons chocolate lab. Matt uses him to duck hunt and he's excellent at his job but when he came here to live, he had to learn what lives here is not "game" and he has done great. He's fine with all the poultry and he will be with these guys too. We even taught him not to bother the wild geese that come to the pond by the house and graze with the horses. He is naturally more curious about these little goslings but learning and he won't be allowed to be loose with them until they are well settled here. My miniature poodle LOVES them. They follow her and she follows them. When the big lab wanted to nose in check out "her" Sebbie goslings, my poodle jumped in his face and nipped him on the cheek and everytime he tried to get close to them she would lift her lip and whirl around to nip him like a little bantam hen with her chicks. Once the new has worn off, the lab will be fine. My other dogs don't ever even bother to look at the poultry.
I had them out all evening yesterday. They stayed out in front of the barn which is in the backyard, facing the back of the house. They I went out to check on them and they came "running" to see me with wings out.
We have a huge yard and 2 ponds, a med sized one in the back yard and half acre pond on the side of the back yard and they have loads of grass to eat. They get to stay in the pen (out a few hours everyday) till fully feathered and I'm working on a more permanent pen for them for night time after that and I know they will be easy trained to come in on their own at night as adults because as it got dark last night, they put themselves in the chicken coop before I closed the chickens up.
