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[Poco Pollo]

@Poco Pollo do you think your goose looks like a female pilgrim goose? There are lots of pictures of them on this site but I'm not sure if its ok for me to upload them.

I'll follow Nana's advice and turn the goose over and check its vent. I'd tried that when they were small, but I was not able to see any differences among the group. I'll let you know the results.

 

[ashtree]

Great gift for your Mother. I still have the picture up of my grandchildren all sitting on the pasture gate.
You can vent sex a goose a whole lot easier than a chick....
The gander has a corkscrew that is obvious....
X2

I'll follow Nana's advice and turn the goose over and check its vent.  I'd tried that when they were small, but I was not able to see any differences among the group.  I'll let you know the results.

I had alot of luck vent sexing my duck. Of course she was a duckling! Good luck with a full grown goose! And keep me updated

 

[Ksane]

Got 15 of hotcurltr's cockerels picked up from her. I was going to practice caponizing on them because they're 4-8 months & I want practice on older ones. But they're sweet and they're beautiful. Some of them are bordering on flat-out gorgeous (how dare they). And I'm not sure I can risk their lives needlessly. Most would surely die because it's difficult to do older ones, I've never done the big ones.
We put the boys in a 55 x 65 yard with a huge tub of food and a kiddie pool of water.....and I made a deal with them, they all agreed-it's not just one sided. They can stay there in their yard and I'll feed them and take care of them as long as they get along. Whoever gets mean with the other boys will have to go on the surgery table.
And Mitzi will never ever again open her big mouth and offer to take in roosters to "practice caponizing on".

 

[lonnyandrinda]

ROFL!!!!! You are just too soft hearted! In a good way, of course!

 

[NanaKat]

What a fantastic flock of frolicking feathered friends... and not a feathered leg among them.
Did you see the Cochin/Wyandotte cross boys Hotcurltr has? She has some that turned out gorgeous and are still growing.
Cochin take almost two years to reach full size.....

 

[Kassaundra]

When Gary and I went to pick up the roos to process, we saw the ones set aside that you were going to get, Mitzi, and I told Gary on our way home, you were going to fall in love and have 15 extra boys in your bachelor yard!!!

I was worried about Diana, glad to hear she met up w/ you so she is doing okay.

 

[NanaKat]

We got home from dinner out and I changed and went straight out to feed and water the flocks and lock every featherbutt in their pens and coops. I had not gathered eggs today either.
Since I got back inside, I've checked my phone and had a call from Diana. She didn't leave a message and it's probably too late to call her. Glad to hear she met Mitzi too. I was wondering how she has been healing since the surgery.

 

[Ksane]

What a fantastic flock of frolicking feathered friends... and not a feathered leg among them. 
Did you see the Cochin/Wyandotte cross boys Hotcurltr has?  She has some that turned out gorgeous and are still growing.
Cochin take almost two years to reach full size.....

I didn't go to her place. I couldn't have taken the temptation of Cochin/Wyandottes

ROFL!!!!!  You are just too soft hearted!  In a good way, of course! 

Soft hearted must be spelled s-u-c-k-e-r. Right?!

When Gary and I went to pick up the roos to process, we saw the ones set aside that you were going to get, Mitzi, and I told Gary on our way home, you were going to fall in love and have 15 extra boys in your bachelor yard!!! 

I was expecting icky mean roosters who were fighting with each other. Not sweet scared boys who huddled together in the corner of the yard because it was too huge for them
Doesn't that make other people sad?? Or is it just me? :-D

 

[bardies]

Bad weekend. Went to Krum, Texas, where my youngest brother, Tom, who lives in China was for a few days. He has bought a house there, near my oldest brother, John, and SIL, Janice, and was planning to retire there at the end of the year. When we arrived, we learned that both brothers had been at the emergency room in a Denton hospital for several hours. A bit later, they took Tom by ambulance to a hospital in Plano where he could get the orthopedic care he needed. He'd fallen and had dislocated his left shoulder and torn the rotary cuff, and had broken the left hip socket. He was in excruciating pain; he'd had to crawl through his house for 25 minutes to get to his cell phone.

I'm hoping this will be a wakeup call to all our family, and others, to be very, very careful when on ladders--even inside your home! Or not to be on ladders at all. He's only 62. He considers himself lucky; he could have hit his head or broken his neck or back.

Tom had surgery Saturday morning, which resulted in immediate relief from the pain and nausea caused by the pain medications. He'll have to be in a wheelchair 6 to 8 weeks while his shoulder heals, then another 6 weeks or so before he can put pressure on his left leg. He will recover completely, though. He'll not be returning to China to his teaching job. Meanwhile, his wife is frantic in China. She was to join him in Krum permanently in November. He's urging her not to come until he's going home, as there is nothing she can do. She can't drive and doesn't cook, so someone, likely me, will go help with that awhile.

Then when I opened my emails just after arriving home, I got a notice only an hour hold that one of my best friends died yesterday morning. Her death was expected and a relief, but still a hard blow. She lived about 1 1/2 hours from Krum, and I had been able to spend most of a day with her a month ago. She's had a long, hard battle with uterine cancer.

So sorry to hear Betsy. Prayers for your family and that of your friends.

 

[bardies]

I didn't go to her place. I couldn't have taken the temptation of Cochin/Wyandottes

Soft hearted must be spelled s-u-c-k-e-r. Right?!
I was expecting icky mean roosters who were fighting with each other. Not sweet scared boys who huddled together in the corner of the yard because it was too huge for them

Doesn't that make other people sad?? Or is it just me? :-D

Brings it out in me too. Nasty stray tom cat that had been messing with my yard and cats for a year...suddenly was the primary object of my affection after he showed up injured. Poor things...and they are beautiful! I am sure that they will come around soon as they realize how cushy they have it!