When I first mentioned my goslings I did not know which ones were boys and which ones were girls. I am excited now that I know. I did not have much hope that I would have a bunch of females in a batch of five goslings. I was thinking I would only have one. Fortunately, I got two females. One of them I had guessed was a female from the very beginning while the other I realized was a female before I checked for certainty. I do not like to vent-sex goslings that are small especially ones under a week of age because I cannot find a proper way to hold them and I do not want to hurt them. Apart from that, I want it to be as non-scary as I can make it. Over time, I have found out what I am looking for. It was not what I expected and I totally messed up a few times. When I had my first bunch grow out for this laying season I had most of them switched up.
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Tupelo is from Batch #005 along with other geese I love such as Stansbury Cliffrose and Gingko. She was originally called Sleepy because of her slow movements, tired looking eyes, and she liked to sleep a lot when she was a gosling. She had angel wing on one of her wings which we mended and there is no longer a sign of her having it. She sounds like her mother and looks somewhat like her. She inherited the wide-appearing eyes, beautiful feathers, and bright orange feet from her mother. She also has lighter feathers on the underpart of her wings compared to other geese. I believe this has to do with the fact that her mother has a white band on her.
Both male and female geese are great fun. The females love to eat the grass, lay in in the grass, and walk on the grass. The ganders stand alert while the ones they care for carry out these procedures. What makes a female different from a male? It is definitely easy to tell when your female lays her egg but there are other ways to tell. The females are usually smaller and shaped differently. They tend to be lower to the ground. They also have a pouch in between their legs when they are mature.
I did not realize there could be so much diversity in goslings. Gray African goslings are just gray and yellow as babies, right? Well, no. The markings - usually on the face - can be slightly different. They could be obviously different. The gosling named Crescent is named so because of his crescent under his eye. One thing I have recently been noticing is that when a gosling has a fascinating marking on its face they might only have it one side and the other side looks like a normal gosling's face. Crescent here does not really have a crescent on the other side of his face. I do not know if this alters how their stripe looks at all.
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my name is EmilyI have twenty-eight geese. I hatch a bunch of goslings because I want a lot of people to have geese. I do not see them everywhere but I want to! The goslings are the sweetest baby birds I know! The adult males are proud and can be cranky but have their sweet moments while the females are shy and sweet all at the same time. Categories
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