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    Geese genders

    It would pretty cool if one was a gander 😁 yep i will aim to grab some pictures of them together with whole bodys included in the next day or so- the weather is pretty terrible here today 🀣
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    Geese genders

    Im terrible at trying to look at proportions πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ ill see if i can get some good full body photos of them. Definitely dont have multiple ganders, only have the 3 of them and have physically seen 2 of them laying ☺️ the same 2 also tried to sit on their eggs last year
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    Geese genders

    Thank you 😊 they are brown Chinese geese. Their 2nd year of laying eggs has just started, last year i definitely saw 2 of them laying eggs- but somedays we would have only 2 eggs and on the very rare occasion we would have 3 eggs, so im wondering / not sure if they are similar to the chickens...
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    Geese genders

    Long time no post from me, but im back! πŸ€— Ive been waiting for my brown chineese geese to get a little older, they are now almost 2yrs old Not sure if the photos are good enough but is anyone able to tell if one is a gander ? There is a definite difference in one of their knobs compared to the...
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    Duck egg candling ? Help?!

    Haha they can be so funny and so full of personality cant they! πŸ€— ive tried many times to sex day old ducks, day old chicks, day old geese...... i cant do it πŸ˜‚ or at least i never end up being right 🀣 ive watched almost every available video on day old sexing and still it eludes me haha i...
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    Duck egg candling ? Help?!

    Thats the lines i was thinking along too - breaking the broodyness and going for an adult companion. She has searched the country and found some 'just about to hatch' ducklings so she is going to try giving her duckie some babies tomorrow or the next day, i have forewarned her about the risks of...
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    Duck egg candling ? Help?!

    Hey, unfortunately we are in Australia πŸ˜…πŸ˜† thank you soo much for the offer though πŸ€—πŸ₯°
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    Duck egg candling ? Help?!

    Yeah I'm not a fan of the videos and the quality πŸ˜† i wish i was able to go and candle them for her in person- ive gotten pretty decent at picking the living from the dead in person. I have informed her that its best to candle from the air sack end 😊 the darker eggs could be some where around day...
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    Duck egg candling ? Help?!

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    Duck egg candling ? Help?!

    What about the eggs in these videos ? Again not mine πŸ˜… I should maybe also add that the dates may not mean much as this time miss duckie is sitting on the eggs outside, not in a box and we have had a few unusually cold days and nights
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    Im still not an expert yet- i still need opinions, please! Hehehe

    Thanks for you comment 😁 i am definitely sus of the frizzle and the barred one, ive always found frizzles and easter eggers and the like to be difficult to sex! Until they are at mating or laying age πŸ˜‚ a couple of years ago i had a trio of easter egger frizzles who we thought were all girls...
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    Im still not an expert yet- i still need opinions, please! Hehehe

    some of the pictures are from a couple of weeks ago, some are from today while they are 5 weeks old. I would love gender opinions please, a friend is wanting to give these 3 little ones a home but would like to try and work out their genders first ☺️ (please let me know if more photos are...
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    Gender guesses anyone?

    Okay so im pretty sure when i move some feathers to the side in the saddle area of number 1 theres some pointy feathers under there - this would make number 1 a cockerel as well wouldnt it ? πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚
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    Duck egg candling ? Help?!

    My broody hen decided to set up shop in the goose house! And she was willing to endure 3 geese getting cranky and picking on her 😳 !!!! Needless to say i couldnt leave that be so she has now been contained to the broody chook jail cage! What is the longest amount of time it has taken you guys to...
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    Duck egg candling ? Help?!

    Haha yeah im trying my best 🀞 the first lot of eggs that her duck sat on that died were eggs that were laid by her duck itself (she did have 2 drakes previously but rehomed them both recently because of the damage they were doing to each other and the girl) and the eggs in the videos i posted...
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