Sebastopol crossed

[Goosey Girl]

3 day old hatchling racing the 2 week old Metzer goslings and ducklings I hatched. All are great except the Metzer goslings just started the tail feather pulling stage.

 

[Goosey Girl]

The one we hatched weighed 89 grams. A week later he was 243 grams. At two weeks he weighed 663 grams. And at three weeks he weighed a whopping 1200 grams!

 

[Miss Lydia]

They sure are amazing!

 

[Goosey Girl]

4 weeks old and 1863 grams.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful

 

[Goosey Girl]

 

[Goosey Girl]

Well, I'm stumped. Little Lemonade will be 5 weeks old on Sunday.

Lemonade's mother (Miss Lemon) has a saddleback. She was the product of a saddleback Pomeranian gander and a white Sebastopol goose.

Lemonade's father (Onslow) is a lavender Sebastopol from an all Sebastopol gaggle.

I'm seeing no sign of a saddleback on Lemonade!!! Looking back at Miss Lemon's baby photos, her saddleback was prominent and unmistakable from a young age.

Obviously, I will just have to wait and see, but I kind of expected the saddleback trait to be passed on to the gosling from the mother. Does this mean that this trait is recessive, or can it be used to determine the gosling's gender, or am I totally out to lunch thinking certain traits have meaning?

**** A side note, I named my Metzer Sebbie baby girls Fruity and Fizzy and the boy is named Basil. So, next year, if all goes as planned, I may end up with Fruity Lemonade or Fizzy Lemonade babies! (Basil Lemonade doesn't sound as tasty though!!!!)

 

[Goosey Girl]

ONE IN A HUNDRED!!! I just got my second bonus baby!!! I'm so happy! The gosling decided to hatch in a severe thunderstorm with no power with the portable generator running to get the temperature back up. It's been so active all through the incubation period. Every time I candled, it looked like it was doing kung fu!!! It has been vocal ever since it internally pipped! We named it Bruce Lee! What an amazing little one!!!

 

[Goosey Girl]

Had an amazing end of season hatching a great variety. Since only my male is buff, I would think all the buff colored babies are female? Looks like I will have some black and some buff Saddlebacks too. And a seven week old Saddleback.

 

[Goosey Girl]

Thanks. I've played with that calculator a few times and was always more confused then when I started. The first time we vent sexed, all the goslings were female! We tried again a week later and think we had a boy or two. We'll try again with your suggestions. I really appreciate your info and it is great learning new things about the gaggle!!!