which would be a good breed

[poultry09]

Dewlap Toulouse true to the SOP are very low to the ground, slow and clumbsy. They dont wonder far from home either. Because of their size and weight they have special needs for their pool, and of course you dont want them having to climb steps into their house.

Sebastopols have a quiet/calm personality and beautiful feathers too. They are often bullied by other breeds though. Their curls break off during breeding season and regrow each year. They need clean water to keep the curls in the best shape possible.

American geese are a smooth goose, fairly calm, widely available so not as costly as the above mentioned breeds.

There are other calm breeds, and it all depends on what appeals to you.

Like Celtic said I would choose either the dewlap or the sebastopol geese, both very good choice very calm and quiet (altho my dewlap is very quiet he barley gives his input lol) and neither breeds can fly, they are both VERY beautiful breeds of geese, altho both breeds tend to be on the spendy side but its well worth the money. my third choice would be the Americans (I only have two buffs) but they are very aggressive with one of my sebbie females, but not toward me at all, very calm acting and are beautiful too, but they can sometimes fly short distances, all three are good choices.

Hope my input helped you out a little

 

[bexnd]

definately interested in the sebbies i'm buying egg's so the price isn't quite as expensive. but little apprehencive about their personal grooming needs. i no longer have a pond after one of my ducks drowned init due to the other ducks bullying and not letting it out. so through fear of loosing another the pond had to go we now use little plastic pools . is this enough for this breed

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Plastic pools is all we use. Be careful buying Sebastopol hatching eggs as many sellers are selling eggs from sub par birds but charging way too much for them. All smooth birds with a single curl bred to a smooth bird and calling the, curly Sebastopols is one thing I saw this year. If you haven't hatched waterfowl before, I would reccomend an expensive goose breed to start, they are not nearly as easy as chickens to hatch. Securing and buying new goslings in spring is both easy and gives you live geese, not an empty incubator.

 

[bexnd]

i used to work in a duck hatchery so not a stranger to hatching water fowl. miss the whole hatching bit so thats why i want to incubate rather than buying in a young goose plus i think you get a particular attachment to one you've hatched like proper mummy bird
i will have to look into where i can get egg's from a reliable source

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Working at a hatchery where things are done on the large scale is very different than doing it at home in a small table top incubator. I would start now researching incubators and pricing them. It is very true that you get what you pay for as far as home small incubators go.

Shipping eggs is very hard on them, not everyone packs well enough to protect the air cell during travel. Atleast you have an entire year to research, plan, set up the bator and learn about home incubation.