Please tell me not all my geese are ganders

[CherP]

A family friend says she thinks they’re all ganders because their necks are big. They hatched in March and I’m so attached to them. Might any of them be female?

 

[TheStooges]

I’m fairly new to all of this but are they pilgrim geese? They look like mine. If so, they’re all female.

 

[Kiki]

I don't know a thing about geese but I have a quick question...
Are those apples on the ground?

 

[Huntmaster]

I don't know a thing about geese but I have a quick question...
Are those apples on the ground?

They look to be sitting under a apple tree.

 

[CherP]

They’re sitting under an apple tree, yes. And they’re Toulouse geese

 

[yesterDAYNE]

Ive generally noticed with geese that ganders tend to have the thinner, longer necks while females are short and thick. Are they making adult honks yet? Males also are typically pretty loud and more higher pitched than females.

 

[Goosebaby]

A is a female, she looks like she could be a twin of my baby girl Tuesday. The other two I can’t tell.

 

[Goosebaby]

To add, the reason I can’t with the other two is that they’re fluffing their neck feathers in agitation which makes their necks look abnormally thick so it’s hard to say if their necks are short and squat “female” or tall “male.”

 

[Iain Utah]

Agree they look more female than male to me. Also agree that toulouse females have shorter, thicker necks than males. The toulouse honk is very different between male/female. How do they sound to you? Do they all sound the same, or is there a difference between them. The lower pitched, staccato type honk is female. The higher, longer held, more wailing type sound will be a male.

 

[Ganspaar]

I'm absolutely of no help! But - three weeks into my first-ever geese, I can easily tell my Embden male from the female. He's taller, his neck is a bit longer...but his beak 'hump' is also more pronounced.

It's easy though, when there's only two. Don't know if I'd be able to tell them apart in a flock.