Elizabeth, #99, Batch #015. Hatched June 24, 2020.
Darker markings compared to Mary Beth. Mother is Siberian Elm and father is therefore likely to be Black Cherry. Looks a lot like previous goslings who were her siblings. Hatched around 8:00 PM. Mary Beth, #100, Batch #015. Hatched June 24, 2020. Lighter markings compared to Elizabeth. Mother is Siberian Elm and father is therefore likely to be Black Cherry. The sweeter of the two and pretty unique face. Uncertain of when she hatched but was probably during the night of June 24. Found hatched on June 25, 2020.
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I have been raising Gray African/Chinese geese for two years now and I have heard about the white geese. People often have them alongside a gray goose in pairs. I had been speculating on changing to Roman geese until I found out that they are very likely to have defects but white Chinese geese would make up for that. I believe they are supposed to have blue eyes like all the other white geese but I am not sure. White Chinese geese are supposed to have a colorless gene instead of a white gene. Making everything regarding breeding totally different.
Before we knew anything about geese we ordered two Chinese geese. We did not know what Willow was. We did not know whether Willow was a boy or a girl. So we decided to get two female geese so that even if Willow turned out to be a female it would not matter because there would be no fighting. Our plans were ruined when Willow unexpectedly died. We got a lot of goslings and that was not the plan. We were going for only a few geese. We still planned to get the Chinese geese as well.
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.
Redbud was a goose my original flock. I knew him as a gosling because of a unique expression he would give me when he looked at me. He was called Buddy when he was a gosling because he was sweet and liked to cuddle. Throughout my hatching I encountered certain geese that I could tellI began my goose raising with one goose named Willow. I had no idea what geese ate. I did not give geese much thought when I was considering what animal I should raise. I am glad we decided to get a goose when we saw it at Atwoods. I may have never known how awesome geese were if we had not. Willow became close to us as he had no goose companion. We had planned to get him geese on May 9. Unfortunately, we lost Willow before he could ever have those friends. We did not know for certain whether Willow was a boy or a girl. Willow's loss was hard for us all. It was suggested that the flock be named Willow's Flock - in honor of him. On the day we lost Willow - April 27, 2018 - we went from Atwoods to Atwoods in search of another goose or two. We finally found an Atwoods with goslings. Fifteen goslings.
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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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