Pilgrim Geese

[CV11]

I have a pilgrim gander he is a couple months old and he is solid white no grey at all i know he is a pilgrim that’s what the they person i got it from, so if it doesn’t have any grey is it still a pilgrim, i wanted to breed it to my female and sell pilgrim goslings

 

[NatJ]

https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Geese/BRKPilgrims.html
Pilgrim geese are supposed to have all white males, grey females.
(I've never seen one in person, so all I can do is repeat what I've read.)

 

[CV11]

thank you

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

I have Pilgrims from a few different breeders, including 4 ganders. The ganders start all white but should develop some gray in the tailfeathers as they get older. Yours may just be too young for the gray feather development.

 

[bluemerle]

I have Pilgrims from a few different breeders, including 4 ganders.

That sentence just sent chills down my spine. My single! gander is already a handful!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Doesn’t usually start here till Dec but I see attitude already starting.

 

[CV11]

I have Pilgrims from a few different breeders, including 4 ganders. The ganders start all white but should develop some gray in the tailfeathers as they get older. Yours may just be too young for the gray feather development.

I didn’t know that thank you

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

That sentence just sent chills down my spine. My single! gander is already a handful!

"Go big or go home", right? Seriously, though, they do keep me busy. Already trying to plan for breeding season and the attitude @Miss Lydia has warned about.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hopefully not as bad as my Embden. He is already hovering over his mate acting like Secret Service.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Hopefully not as bad as my Embden. He is already hovering over his mate acting like Secret Service.

LOL! I guess he's doing his job, right?

The gaggle's still too young to have really paired up yet, but they do have their nippy/territorial moments with the ducks. Right now, they seem to be amusing themselves by flying over the fence around their grazing area - they apparently can't figure out how to fly back in, so I periodically get to go catch them and put them over the fence.