what should i do?

[Gatsbysmum]

Beautiful babies! With everyone else's experiences, I guess you should just check your area for females of the same age, but if you can't, don't worry about it too much and order some goslings. I think your males would be fine on their own, though, too, so it's your call.

 

[cgmaster]

I just learned that the *unknown gander* is actually a pilgrim goose. Looks like i dont have to worry about it then. That also explains why the white chinese,chitter, freakes out when he cant see chatter the pilgrim goose. My question is when should she lay her first egg? What would there babies look like? Would they be sex-linked? I know they would all have knobs is that correct?

 

[livininbrazil]

I just learned that the *unknown gander* is actually a pilgrim goose. Looks like i dont have to worry about it then. That also explains why the white chinese,chitter, freakes out when he cant see chatter the pilgrim goose. My question is when should she lay her first egg? What would there babies look like? Would they be sex-linked? I know they would all have knobs is that correct?

Hi. Why do you think it´s a pilgrim goose?

 

[cgmaster]

it shows all the traits that i can see in pictures of pilgrim geese and it was vent sexed. Is something not adding up?

 

[livininbrazil]

it shows all the traits that i can see in pictures of pilgrim geese and it was vent sexed. Is something not adding up?

Hi. Well, maybe I´m looking at the wrong goose. I saw a pic of a white goose and a pied goose. Pilgrim geese (as in female) aren´t either. Maybe I saw the wrong bird, then.

 

[livininbrazil]

a few weeks ago

A pilgrim doesn´t have this colouring. Is this the bird you mean?
If it´s a female, then the goslings will have a bit of a knob, and maybe you´ll get pieds. they should be very pretty.

 

[livininbrazil]

Just out of curiosity, how do you know the chinese-type is a gander? I can´t see much evidence of a knob in the pic, but then it could be that I need new glasses.

 

[cgmaster]

its a bad pic and his knob is getting larger and larger

 

[cgmaster]

A pilgrim doesn´t have this colouring.  Is this the bird you mean?
If it´s a female, then the goslings will have a bit of a knob, and maybe you´ll get pieds.  they should be very pretty. 

well i never did compare the pics side by side, chatter does happen to have the white face known in female pilgrims which may have mislead me if this is the case then i need to figure out what species she is.

 

[The goose girl]

I found out my two previous geese were ganders when breeding season started.

To begin with, there was just some synchronized swimming in the pool. The both grabbed on to the other one's neck and tried to mount, which resulted in them just going round and round. A little fighting, a little honking, but nothing violent.

Then one of them fell in love with his own mirror image in my windows. He'd spend all day by the windows, wooing his beautiful "spouse". Whenever the other gander got within a 10 foot radius, all hell broke loose. The other gander would be charged and chased far, far away, preferably out of the yard. Lots of screaming and large feathers flying. I covered up all the windows, so he couldn't see his image. That immediately took care of the problem, and the two ganders could again enjoy each other's company in peaceful bliss.

Just to show that even imaginary females can be a problem.