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Vent sexing was way easier than I imagined. I just lightly pressed around the edges of the vent and it popped right out. If you have a known male, use it for practice so you don't accidentally press too hard on a female with "no results". I've read that water helps the penis retract into the body, so you might want to do it next to a small pool.I've had a whirlwind of confusion ever since I added our sebastapol. Mostly because unlike all our other geese, I cannot tell what gender they are from anything vocal or looks-wise as far as I know lol
When we first got them back about mid-last year, the guy we got them from at the swap told us that they were a gander. I had heard the only way to really sex sebastapols besides vent sexing is their down colors as babies, and since this guy said he'd raised him since he was a baby, I assumed he knew. So we started referring to him as He. His name is Cherub. He came with a chicken, and they were bonded, but I knew a chicken would not survive long in my turkey-goose setup in the backyard, so I had to break them up (They got to visit between wire though! Eventually they drifted off on their own naturally).
The curious thing about Cherub, is that he's never really shown any gander-like behavior. Extremely timid. All of the other 3 geese picked on him relentlessly at first, refusing to let him near them. It was exhausting. Eventually they kind of accepted him, and now he can hang out near them, but sometimes my chinese goose girl will get fed up and chase him off. He's still incredibly timid. When he honks, it sounds high pitched almost like our embden gander's does. I had no real reason to suspect he wasn't a gander outside of his actions, which it could just be he's a timid dude. Who am I to judge?
That was until the other day, when I witnessed my almost 99.9% confirmed Chinese Goose (a girl), mounting him. I unfortunately didn't get to tell who had which genitals, as my tom turkey walked directly in front of me and blocked my vision. I then had to go pull my dumb jake turkey off of the top of the chinese goose because he decided he also wanted to be a part of this.
I've heard of ganders mounting ganders, and geese mounting geese, but has there ever really been a goose mounting a gander? Like I said, I'm about 99% positive that Paisley, the chinese goose, is a girl. She has the sharp oinking honk and not the trumpet. Her bump isn't super huge like the other ones' I've seen. Our hatchery african goose I'm also pretty positive is a girl, she also has a deep honk and a pathetic knob. The only one I'm not positive about is my embden/saddleback pom mix, but I am leaning towards female. Her honking sounds much closer to her mom, the saddleback pom, which is more of just like little honk-coughs that sometimes will become yelling, but never screeching like the embden gander does. So I think I have 3 female geese in with this one sebastapol, who is either a male or a female.
I'm not sure if anyone has any ideas on how I can tell lol. I am not really comfortable vent sexing, I watched a video but I am honestly still too afraid I might injure them in the process. I considered sending in a dna test but I'm not sure.
I agree that vent sexing is the way to go. However, they do sound and carry themselves differently.My ganders voice is more “shrill”. My geese have a deeper “honk” if you will. Geese carry themselves more to the ground and the ganders stand more “alert” and watchful. My gander Vlad, was VERY timid. No other geese accepted him. Even my girl. Until one day she just decided to like him. But he was extremely skidding around my goose at first. You can identify them (I suppose if you’re familiar) just by looking at them. I do realize this could be tricky if you’re new to them. When it comes to plumage color to sex them, this is only partially accurate and only if they are from an all white lineage. If their splash, saddlebacks and so on, that won’t work out well. My Sebies are all white. I always vent sex just to be “sure” Best of luck! He sure is adorable!!!!I've had a whirlwind of confusion ever since I added our sebastapol. Mostly because unlike all our other geese, I cannot tell what gender they are from anything vocal or looks-wise as far as I know lol
When we first got them back about mid-last year, the guy we got them from at the swap told us that they were a gander. I had heard the only way to really sex sebastapols besides vent sexing is their down colors as babies, and since this guy said he'd raised him since he was a baby, I assumed he knew. So we started referring to him as He. His name is Cherub. He came with a chicken, and they were bonded, but I knew a chicken would not survive long in my turkey-goose setup in the backyard, so I had to break them up (They got to visit between wire though! Eventually they drifted off on their own naturally).
The curious thing about Cherub, is that he's never really shown any gander-like behavior. Extremely timid. All of the other 3 geese picked on him relentlessly at first, refusing to let him near them. It was exhausting. Eventually they kind of accepted him, and now he can hang out near them, but sometimes my chinese goose girl will get fed up and chase him off. He's still incredibly timid. When he honks, it sounds high pitched almost like our embden gander's does. I had no real reason to suspect he wasn't a gander outside of his actions, which it could just be he's a timid dude. Who am I to judge?
That was until the other day, when I witnessed my almost 99.9% confirmed Chinese Goose (a girl), mounting him. I unfortunately didn't get to tell who had which genitals, as my tom turkey walked directly in front of me and blocked my vision. I then had to go pull my dumb jake turkey off of the top of the chinese goose because he decided he also wanted to be a part of this.
I've heard of ganders mounting ganders, and geese mounting geese, but has there ever really been a goose mounting a gander? Like I said, I'm about 99% positive that Paisley, the chinese goose, is a girl. She has the sharp oinking honk and not the trumpet. Her bump isn't super huge like the other ones' I've seen. Our hatchery african goose I'm also pretty positive is a girl, she also has a deep honk and a pathetic knob. The only one I'm not positive about is my embden/saddleback pom mix, but I am leaning towards female. Her honking sounds much closer to her mom, the saddleback pom, which is more of just like little honk-coughs that sometimes will become yelling, but never screeching like the embden gander does. So I think I have 3 female geese in with this one sebastapol, who is either a male or a female.
I'm not sure if anyone has any ideas on how I can tell lol. I am not really comfortable vent sexing, I watched a video but I am honestly still too afraid I might injure them in the process. I considered sending in a dna test but I'm not sure.
Cuteness overload!!!! Loving it!A few of my sabastopols getting out of the snow for a morning visit