Sexing geese

[Rennie]

"ganders have blue eyes and geese brown eyes"

I found this quote while trying to find out how to sex geese .. Is there any truth in this ?



The geese we have are due to start laying and dont know if they are all female or not ... If i find out that some might be male I might try hatching some of the eggs

 

[oberhaslikid]

My Pilgrims are that way.I dont know about the Buff I wiil have to look.

 

[Rennie]

Well i have pilgrims so ill have a look tomorrow to see what colour eyes they have ...if they let me get close enough - evil things!!

 

[Terri O]

Doesnt work that way with Toulouse. Their eyes are the same. Gotta flip them over to sex them! Terri O in WI

 

[roboboy]

nor does it work with embdens as they both have blue eyes and both sexes of my africans have brown eyes.

 

[fowltemptress]

whoops

 

[goosedragon]

Quote:
In fact most white geese have blue eyes and most non-white geese have non-blue eyes. there are bound to be exceotions to any rule.

 

[TedsFarms]

I just wait a few months and note which birds like to be on top. Make a note, yup that must be a male.

 

[funkyboots]

i was told you can tell by the folds they have between their legs but i normally go by build, length and thickness of necks (boys longer) in mine the gosling boys have longer necks and of course as they get older they get the nobble/ridge on the beak