Pomeranian Goose Breed Thread

[Fowl Menagerie]

I have a whole flock of Pomeranians I have 7 adults and 28 goslings. I still have 12 eggs in bator that due in a couple weeks. I ordered 4 from a breeder in Maine to diversify my breeding stock. I received 2 saddleback grays and two saddlebacks buffs. I wanted the buffs but when I ordered they were sold out, so I lucked out and ended up with two anyway. Suprisingly, some of my goslings are also turning out to be buffs. I wish I had known that because I sold the first 14 babies which had some of the buff color in them. This is only my second season of hatching the Poms. so they are still a work in progress. How many do you have? Pictures?

 

[EnglewoodHill]

We are "somewhat" patiently waiting for our gray saddlebacks to arrive from your very own state of Maine! They will be a very nice addition to our Sebastopol goslings...

 

[ashandvine]

Gosh, who else has Poms? I don't know anyone. My Avatar is the newest babe. The others are Ragnar and Calliope.




Her head looks funny because of that breeding attention Ours are great with the kids and us, even in breeding season. Its been a real blessing. She isn't setting yet though. She has 12 eggs and nothing going on. They came to us as adults so who knows if she has ever even sat her own nest. I am crossing my fingers. We have the one gosling hatched out by a more experienced friend, a few eggs in the bator here and one Seb gosling who is about two months old now out on grass every day.

 

[PsycoPeep]

Hi. I have a very high interest in this breed, but am new to poultry and have been reading up and asking a lot of questions and also talking to a lot of people at swaps and such. I haven't boughten any yet b/c I don't want it to be an 'on the spot' or impulsive decision. But so far I's sure I want Sebastopols and the Pomeranians. That's it. I have a few questions, though.

How big of a space do they need? I live on just over a acre, but don't want the neighbors to complain in they keep going into their yard and/or getting into the farmers crops. Do they fly much? Are they known to wander? Or do you think they'd pretty much stick the the area? Also, I love the idea of free ranging my chickens, ducks, and geese, but it makes me very nervous about preditors. My husband & I have been talking about making a couple of extra large runs to put them in. I'd feel a lot safer if we put wire across the top, too. Do you feel this would be okay w/the Poms? Do they do well "in captivity"??

I'm finding out there's pretty much only gray or buff. I like them both. If I get a m/f pair of each color, will it be ok if the colors breed together? I can't control who breeds to who, know what I mean? Or should I put 1 set in 1 run and the other set in the other run? And what about my Sebby's I want to get? Can I keep them together or will they mix breed?

Also - I don't even own an incubator yet. Not that I can't go buy one, but I'm just saying. Do you think it's best if I buy an adult pair already comfortable w/each other and proven fertile breeders? Middle aged babies several months old? Day old - week old? Buy fertile eggs?

 

[Fowl Menagerie]

In my opinion geese do much better when not confined as a large part of their diet is grass and other plants that are available. They will quickly eat the grass down in an enclosed pen and you have to rely on commercial feed. There is no way to keep the different colors and breeds together and not have them cross breed. The dominate gander would probably father most of the offspring. good luck

 

[RugenerGooser]

very successful goose hatching season for me. Just hatched third batch of goslings. 10 in this batch. 1st batch had 14 and second batch had15. Last batch in incubator 12 eggs due in a couple weeks. This is not the norm for me.

Cute baby kids....and alot of them, too.

 

[RugenerGooser]

This thread is old... and I was hoping to find a flock of Pom keepers to brag with and consult. Hmmm.... anyone??

There are a few of us out there....most of my time is spent outside with the breeds of ducks and geese that I have and still more coming. That and farm/orchards and homeschooling. I raised my Poms from two day old goslings. They are wonderful! They keep the three Great Pyrenees I have in line and so do my Americans. The Chinese act like the dogs aren't even there. It's a riot when the dogs get caught in the bird food.

 

[RugenerGooser]

In my opinion geese do much better when not confined as a large part of their diet is grass and other plants that are available. They will quickly eat the grass down in an enclosed pen and you have to rely on commercial feed. There is no way to keep the different colors and breeds together and not have them cross breed. The dominate gander would probably father most of the offspring. good luck

You bet! Ganders gone wild.

 

[RugenerGooser]

very successful goose hatching season for me. Just hatched third batch of goslings. 10 in this batch. 1st batch had 14 and second batch had15. Last batch in incubator 12 eggs due in a couple weeks. This is not the norm for me.

You qualify for bragging rights!

 

[RugenerGooser]

I'm new to Pomeranians, and wondered a few things about the breed that I hoped you folks could help me with. First, how many eggs will the typical goose lay in a season? With our funky weather this spring, my goose has just started laying. There's been two eggs since Monday, so I'm suspecting she's on an every-other-day pattern. Is that common? Is she likely to lay more if I go ahead and pull her current eggs, or should I leave them to encourage her nesting? I've raised other breeds of geese and know that some are more picky about nesting habits than others -- wasn't sure what to expect of these Poms.

Also -- does anyone have experience with other colors of Saddlebacks, aside from buff and gray? I'm interested in other colors that people raise or have seen, to understand the genetics of the Saddlebacks in lavender or blue, or perhaps others?

Thanks for any help.

I have been told someone is working toward a Blue Saddleback, I don't know about Lavender, however.