Sebastopol Geese Thread !!!!!!!!!! SHOW YOUR PICS !!!!!!!!!!

[DAS]

Hoping someone can help me with the color. He's going on 6 weeks old. I hatched him from some assorted sebastopol eggs I purchased.

 

[auntpa-k]

I was wondering if anyone is able to tell by my picture if the baby goose I hatched is male or female. I've done some reading and from what I understand that the darker ones are usually female and lighter are males. Well, I only had this one to hatch. I have been calling it a female, but I'm not really 100% sure. She/he hatched this past Easter. These pics I took soon after. Since not having another sebastopol (other than pictures) to compare, I just thought I would ask. I doesn't really matter to me, we have already bonded. I have been call her Lucy. If she turns out to be a he, I just thinks 'he' would rather have more of a manly name.

Poor little thing had some 'leg' issues, but that has all healed now. So what do you think, Lucy, or a Lucas? Thanks for the info. This is my first time owning a goose. I'm in LOVE!

 

[phoebs]

well i am not really sure but i think its adorable i really want geese though omg it is soooo cute i love it

 

[Shannonmeans]

You really need Celtic to weigh in. She is very helpful. Just for grins I'm going to try out my new knowledge of geese and ask if the parents are all white and if they are, I think its a Lucas. If they are not its anybodies guess. I think.

 

[Shannonmeans]

Whatever color he/she is is beautiful.

Hoping someone can help me with the color. He's going on 6 weeks old. I hatched him from some assorted sebastopol eggs I purchased.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Das, looks to be a smooth lavender. Very pretty face congrats.


Aunt-pa not knowing the parents makes it impossible to know the gender of that gosling. The only time auto sexing works in Sebastopols is when the parent stock is nothing but all white. Any added coloration at all will mess with the visual auto sexing. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Vent sexing, or waiting for adult feathers and plucking one for DNA sexing will be you best ways to know. Or you can wait for next spring and see if you get any eggs.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Now I have a question... I have 4 white curly Sebbies.. hatched back around the first of May, 3 have corn colored beaks while one is kinda... pink putty color. Does that have anything to do with the gender of the goose?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

No, but it is listed as a fault for the breed. We have a gander with a more pink bill, and a goose with a very orange bill that gets very pinkish part of the year (mainly right as she is approaching laying).

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Thanks Celtic... perhaps it is just hormones at this point since they are all so young... The one with the putty bill I think is a girl.... I was thinking Oh Boy... got 1 girl and 3 boys.. ugg... so there is still hope.

 

[pips&peeps]

The original sebastopols had pink bills and feet. It could be a throw back and it could indicate that the goose is carrying some color genes, but yes it is a DQ in the show ring.

I know alot of my geese look to have pink legs and feet right after breeding season, then they start eating the green grass, etc and they get more orange.