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

[pips&peeps]

Okay, I couldn't wait and went ahead and snapped some pics of them while in bed. Of course, they didn't appreciate me blinding them with the flash. It looks more like a ramp than a knob.

What kind of goose are they supposed to be again? They look like a mix of toulouse and chinese to me. I would think if they were african and toulouse that they would be alot bigger, but size is hard to tell from a photo.

 

[RURU]

I was also wondering what type of geese the two were because they do not look sebastopol to me. I agree they look like a cross.

 

[daze333]

I guess there was a mix up and the concesis is that they are half toulouse and half african. That explains why they are so talkative!
I will put these in with my toulouse gander.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

here is Lucy grey sebbie goose




Mcgraw grey gander




Mouse (2012 grey goose) out of Mcgraw above and Peaches (lilac goose)

Is Mouse, sister to Ashley?

Hello, I read that some are thinking that DH used dewlaps in is breeding to create the colored (buff, grey) Sebastopol Geese. I just want to say that when I went up there a few months ago I talked to him for about 1 1/2 hours and we talked about Sebastopol geese and dewlap geese too, and when I asked him about breeding the two together to get the colors for the Sebastopols he told me that he neve did cross cross breed between the two breeds, he said that the orignal Sebastopols that came here (US) from Europe had gray flecking on them and that was not desired so they would breed away from that, so the orignal Sebastopols had color in them and with time he did manage to breed for that flecking to get the some of the colors that are now found in Sebastopols. So I dont mean to start an argument with anyone but I just wanted to "clear the air" that Dave Holderread did NOT use Dewlap Toulouse geese in his breeding for colord Sebastopol geese. I do incourage everyone to personaly contact DH and get the full story from him as I dont remember everything that was said in our conversation.

Thanks
Poultry09

Interesting...

Okay, I couldn't wait and went ahead and snapped some pics of them while in bed. Of course, they didn't appreciate me blinding them with the flash. It looks more like a ramp than a knob.

Pretty geese..I love the Seb in the background.

Did I mention that I got 2 goose eggs this weekend? They are from one of the gray girls!!

Congrats!

~ Aspen

 

[daze333]

Mrs Fluffy Puffy, you asked to see pics of my goose coop and run. Here is it. The building is made from the steel pipe frame from a costco tarp shed. I cut about 2 ft off of the legs to make it shorter and joined 2 together. Then we put plywood siding on it and chicken wire and tarp on the top. I built a frame with walk through doors and pop doors at each end. Then a run off each side. It is 15 x 25 ft It is a great barn! It is divided in half inside, so this houses 2 trios. I am working today to make the left run longer. The right run (in front of the barn) is about the same size as the barn. I have another chicken coop that is 10 x 12 I have comondeered for a goose coop and a 6 x 12 ft cyclone dog kennel on the other side of my pasture. Then I have another wooden coop for a pair. So after all the changes today, I should have 5 goose pens. Whew!




The gees in this pen pace the fence and bump their bills on the fence all day. I only had one small piece of shade cloth. Will pick up some more this weekend.
I couldn't resist snapping some pics of geese too.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Mrs Fluffy Puffy, you asked to see pics of my goose coop and run. Here is it. The building is made from the steel pipe frame from a costco tarp shed. I cut about 2 ft off of the legs to make it shorter and joined 2 together. Then we put plywood siding on it and chicken wire and tarp on the top. I built a frame with walk through doors and pop doors at each end. Then a run off each side. It is 15 x 25 ft It is a great barn! It is divided in half inside, so this houses 2 trios. I am working today to make the left run longer. The right run (in front of the barn) is about the same size as the barn. I have another chicken coop that is 10 x 12 I have comondeered for a goose coop and a 6 x 12 ft cyclone dog kennel on the other side of my pasture. Then I have another wooden coop for a pair. So after all the changes today, I should have 5 goose pens. Whew!




The gees in this pen pace the fence and bump their bills on the fence all day. I only had one small piece of shade cloth. Will pick up some more this weekend.
I couldn't resist snapping some pics of geese too.

Oh! I love it. Thanks for sharing!! Your geese are so beautiful. Do you have pics of the inside?

I have pictures of my new goose house...I need to post them.

~ Aspen

 

[RURU]

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE !!!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE !!!

Happy Valentines!

~ Aspen

 

[RURU]

Doesn't Ginger look like she is blowing out hearts from her beak!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Doesn't Ginger look like she is blowing out hearts from her beak!

She does!! How sweet.

I have 10 goose eggs in the 'bator! I set four more this evening.

~ Aspen