Re: ID goose

David Hare-Scott wrote:
I have just been given a goose/gander, the previous owner isn't sure
what sort. It is said to be a gander, it is 3 years old. It is a
large bird, about 25in high and 40in around. It is mostly white but
grey/brown on the head and upper neck and the wings. The bill is
orange and the eyes blue.

Searching for internet images it looks most like a Normandy Goose.
The gender is confusing as one site says males are all white and
females white and grey. Another site says the reverse.

I would like to get some companions for him/her and end up with a
gander and say 3 geese.

Can anybody help me identify this bird.

David

to be honest I doubt it's a Normandy -- you have not mentioned a crest.

Many domestic geese end up with this patching of colouring. Its common of
many crosses.

Try www.waterfowl.org.uk
http://www.ashtonwaterfowl.net/ewsgeese.htm

Most geese are very difficult to sex, and if its mixed colour almost
impossible.
If you can find someone who has known geese, if they have laid eggs, then
you should be fine.
If you find next year that this bird also lays eggs you have the more simple
job of finding a gander.
;)

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Jill Bowis

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