I had a good breeding season this past year. I had 21 goslings to rear and ended up with 17 that were yet to find good homes. So for most of the year I had a total of 32 geese. Well this past week I found homes for 11 of my now juveniles and purchased a new female curly buff from All Things Feathered. Now I am down to 22 geese. My goal is to have around 15.
Two of my smooth breasted buff males split for saddleback were shipped to Oregon to their new home and the new owner just loved them. She commented on how nice they were and easy to handle. Three of my African Brown/Sebastopol crosses went to live at a Christmas Tree Farm in Ohio and the new owners reported that they too were easy to handle and that they loved them. I'm sensing a trend… Another two of my females, a smooth breasted gray saddleback and a curly buff, went to live in Indiana with a nice lady who bought them for her lonely curly white gander. It was love at first sight! Three of my curly saddlebacks went to live in Michigan with a nice young man who raises Sebastopols and other poultry. I had a great time talking to him at the Ohio National Poultry Show last weekend. My curly buff saddleback, Beatrice, named after my grandmother, went to live in New York and the new owner really liked her. He had been waiting since May. So my flock looks smaller to me, but my husband is very happy that have less bills to feed. I am excited for next year's breeding season since I have been playing on the goose genetic color calculator and found that out of one of my breeding pairs, I could potentially get male and female grays, buffs, gray saddlebacks and buff saddlebacks. Woo Hoo!!! I'm looking forward to
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