Will This Work?

[jtn42248]

I am thinking about getting a pair of Toulouse geese, a male and a female. Since geese mate for life and these two will grow up together are the odds good that they will become a "married couple" or is there a chance they will not like one another and be at odds? Need to know before I do it and put a pair in a bad situation.
Thanks,
Jon

 

[hotcurltr]

I am thinking about getting a pair of Toulouse geese, a male and a female. Since geese mate for life and these two will grow up together are the odds good that they will become a "married couple" or is there a chance they will not like one another and be at odds? Need to know before I do it and put a pair in a bad situation.
Thanks,
Jon

I am so new to geese, but I bought multiple pairs of different breeds last year, and some straight run. They all ended up picking different mates, but I am short on females and have been looking. I've been told if you put them together, when they're older by themselves they usually bond. I was also told that siblings don't mate siblings. I haven't researched this so I don't know how true.it is. If They are the only two, you would think they would bond, but I guess one never knows.
Metzer Farm are good at answering questions like this, and John Metzer is a BYC member. Hopefully someone that really knows will answer you. Good luck.

 

[livininbrazil]

I am thinking about getting a pair of Toulouse geese, a male and a female. Since geese mate for life and these two will grow up together are the odds good that they will become a "married couple" or is there a chance they will not like one another and be at odds? Need to know before I do it and put a pair in a bad situation.
Thanks,
Jon

Hi jtn, It´s very unlikely that they´ll not like one another if they´re the only 2, and from your post you want to get goslings? To be sure of a pair, you could buy an adult 'proven' pair, or take your chances with gozzies, hoping they´re a pair.
The other post says about siblings not breeding together. I´ve also read this, but I know it not to be true. I have 3 geese here from brother-sister matings. I think your greatest difficulty would be getting a sexed pair of toulouse goslings. There are some breeds that you can tell the sex at hatch, but not toulouse as far as I know. The "married couple" thing will look after itself. Have fun.