On my son's birthday, this gray goose and gray saddleback gander gave me the first goose egg of the season. I am extremely excited about this pair. They are a new pairing and the female, Graycie, is a smooth breasted, solid gray goose, split for saddleback...yes, I said split for saddleback. Her mother, Caramel, apparently carries the autosomal spotting gene and all of her daughters are split for saddleback. I don't understand it, I just record my breedings. The male, Neeko, is a curly, gray saddleback split for buff. He has some nice chest curls that go up his neck and Graycie has the best feathering of all of my smooth breasted females. So I am excited to see the feathering on these babies. Yeah!!!