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

[Cottage Rose]

mycutekitties....simply ADORABLE!!!

Neal you can certainly used smooth breasted Sebastopols although you can't show them.
Smooth x curly = a ratio of about 50/50

 

[NeilsHamburgs]

Are the smooth frowned upon or equally accepted?

 

[Gracie9205]

I got the day off of work due to this hurricane that is supposed to be blowing in. As you can see, we didn't get much action over here. It was nice to be able to spend a little extra time with the animals today!

 

[Cottage Rose]

Are the smooth frowned upon or equally accepted?

Smooth breasted aren't nearly as popular in the U.S. as they are in the U.K./Europe (where they are preferred) because they aren't a APA accepted variety.
I have a very smooth saddleback Sebastopol gander that has sired my best curly saddleback goose so they don't genetically hinder their curly
offspring from having quality feathering. If you have a quality smooth gander or goose why not use them but with the caveat of, will you be able to sell the smooth
offspring or be willing to put them in the freezer? Personally I haven't had any problems selling them. See my website's saddleback page for more info.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Love our smoothes the most of the two varieties. Dont get me wrong the curls are amazing, but I really love the smoothes and how they look.

 

[Ana Tidae]

Same here. The smooth birds look very good most of the year, where curlies look like a train wreck for several months.

 

[Ana Tidae]

I got the day off of work due to this hurricane that is supposed to be blowing in. As you can see, we didn't get much action over here. It was nice to be able to spend a little extra time with the animals today!

So cute! Hope you and the flock are all safe. That storm still looked awful last night.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Not smooth birds, smooth breasted, they are curly everywhere else.

curly sebastopols = curly breasted/curly all over
smooth sebastopols = smooth breasted (curls everywhere else)

 

[DaveK]

Here's the difference. Not the best photo of the smooth breasted grandmother but shows the smooth back, rump and paunch. Turn her around and the entire underline is smooth. The feather comes only from the shoulders and the area in front of the thighs. This is the feather type and pattern described in the UK Standard. Type as desired by that Standard as well. The German Standard calls for the same feather but the ugliest sort of bird type wise that one could imagine.

Not all smooth breasted bred from good stock express the feather and pattern in a good way and many are bred and sold who have nothing special in back of them as far as feather. They can be frustrating as having only one of the two factors for mutated feather they don't give you an idea as to what you might get in a curly offspring. Like using blacks and slashes in a breeding to get blue chickens. The curly offspring will reflect their pedigree as does this curly grandaughter to the smooth breasted goose shown.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Dave love the smooth grandmother, and her granddaughter is lovely. Have a question for you concerning our buffs, lilacs and other pastel colors. Would you reccomend using whites or greys to help improve the pastels?