purplequeenvt - Ivy Knoll Farm

[purplequeenvt]

The white ones are more than likely Embden geese and the colored ones are more than likely Twente Landrace geese.

SHK, maybe you can help me with this. The guy I got them from told me that the ones with pink bills are girls and the ones with bright orange are boys, but everything I've read implies that it is never that easy to sex them. I really want to keep a pair, not 2 girls or 2 boys, so I want to be sure I'm picking the right 2 birds. Any ideas?

They can't be either pure Embden (except for maybe the white one I'm keeping) or pure Twente Landrace. 4 - 2 whites, 2 greys - were all hatched this spring. The dad was all white and the mom was white with grey patches.

 

[wana be farmer]

There are a lot of breeds that look similar to those geese. They may be cotton patch, Normandy or Shetlands. But with all of them the males are white and the females have the white bodies with grey markings. www.feathersite.com has a goose breed page that has info and pictures of these and many other breeds.

 

[purplequeenvt]

There are a lot of breeds that look similar to those geese. They may be cotton patch, Normandy or Shetlands. But with all of them the males are white and the females have the white bodies with grey markings. www.feathersite.com has a goose breed page that has info and pictures of these and many other breeds.

Do you think this is true even if the geese are mixes?

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

If they're mixes then they are mixes. Does he know for sure if they are?

And as far as wanting a a breeding pair, just wait until you are able to tell. Be it that you wait until the ganders are trying to breed or that they get the big knob on their head. idk if that/those breeds get that or not but if you're not sure as to the breed and they are mixes then waiting is your best bet I think. Do you know how old they are now?

 

[purplequeenvt]

If they're mixes then they are mixes. Does he know for sure if they are?

And as far as wanting a a breeding pair, just wait until you are able to tell. Be it that you wait until the ganders are trying to breed or that they get the big knob on their head. idk if that/those breeds get that or not but if you're not sure as to the breed and they are mixes then waiting is your best bet I think. Do you know how old they are now?

He had no idea what they are. 4 were hatched this spring and the 5th is from last spring. I'm keeping a grey one from this year and the white one from last spring.

It's not a huge deal if I pick the wrong geese. I have a friend nearby who has lots of poultry and she also knows a lot of people with poultry, so I can easily find what I need next year. I'm just curious and like to know what I have.

 

[purplequeenvt]

My fish had babies!

I have a 55 gallon aquarium that I keep a random assortment of community tropical fish in. I recently got a pair of black convict cichlids because I've wanted cichlids for a very long time and these breed seems to be one of the least aggressive - they've only eaten a couple other fish.....

Anyway, I looked in the tank last night and there were all these little specks hovering over one of the rocks. I thought it was some kind of algae or dirt at first, but then I noticed the parents swimming around the specks and chasing all the other fish away. The parents then started sucking the babies into their mouths and spitting them out into the nest under the rock. So cool!

 

[Bridgemoof]

oh my gosh, that's the coolest thing!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

That is amazing! How cool is that.

 

[Queen Mum]

`Wow, Christmas babies.

 

[bonbean01]

My son had these...and it was awesome to watch them building their nest in the rocks...then babies!!!! When they got a little bigger and started wondering off further, a few got eaten by the other big ones...so we got a baby fish net box from a pet store, and put it right in the tank until they were bigger, and that worked