How To Tell The Difference Between A Goose And A Gander
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- čas přidán 4. 12. 2013
- You don't need to turn your geese upside down to sex them -- there are clear differences in appearance and behaviour which will help you work our which is male and which is female...
Of course, things get a bit trickier if you only have one, or if they are the same - but we hope this gives you some clues. If you're still not sure, then you might consider turning them upside down and having a look. But geese are very proud animals and find that sort of thing a real infringement of their dignity, so only do that if you really need to. (The penis will protrude when gentle pressure is applied around it. If you don't see one that could mean that you have a female, but it could also mean that you haven't done it right.)
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Just randomly looked this up. At the start I was curious, by the end I was laughing. Excellent video.
"suspicious hats" - I thought that was hilarious. thnks for the info!
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This is just wonderful! Fun & informative! Thank you for sharing your lovely geese!
that was awesome. cute and so protective . Good Job filming this.
This video is not only quite informative, but it is SO STINKIN CUTE! Thanks for sharing :)
Very helpful, funny and cute. Thank you :)
Such a great (and simple) video! Thanks
Thank you! We have two resident geese at the farm i work for and I assumed was one a gander and the other a goose I never really knew for sure. The undercarriage is quite low on both of them, but the gander does have all the other qualities.
Excellent video and good humour!
If only all educational videos could be this entertaining!
That's a nice looking pair of geese ya have there! And thank you for telling us greenhorns how to distinguish the geese, seeing which are male and which others are female. :)
...even the hat and wellies?! o.O Hysterical!! Loved your video. Thank you for defining them and sharing them with us. Much
Mine hates buckets. 🤣 Anything that could be a bucket counts.
@@teresagreen81 Would i get bit if i touch them?
Its important to note that the behavioral signs can be misleading unless you only have one male and a small group of females. My lead male will guard his girls, but I have another male who doesn’t and one of the females that can be really grumpy with people.
I found that female geese also have a deeper sounding honk, not sure it it's just personal experience or there is something to it though.
dang I think my Goosie is a gander now... I’m a little sad I was hoping for some goose eggs from our guard goose
00rphb probably because I’ve been researching geese before getting Goosie. A lot of the farms I’ve been researching have a female goose or a male goose with their flock. If raised with the chickens they will protect them. Goosie is a great gander just a little ornery
00rphb since you want to be rude. I’m a first time chicken/goose/turkey owner. It’s nice to know amazing awesome smart people like you exist just to make others feel like chicken shit. Thank you so much for your intelligent input D-bag
Thanks you so much, @WAY OUT WEST with Sandra and Tim. This video educated me, saved me some worrying.
I absolutely loved this video ❤️
Thank you so much for this awesome video! Great and helpful. Ours are called Hissis and Shissis... for obvious reasons lol
Very helpful and informative thank you
You made it so obvious! Thank you!
Very funny but realy educative as well!
Thanks!
So cute, thanks! I didnt know they would be so similar.
great video! thanks for sharing!!
Thank you. I now know I have one male and one female. I feel blessed.
Cute n informative video!!!
Love it! Mine are still kinda small.. but one is way bigger than the other. Someone told me the male will have a bump on his head...
Love your geese!!!!!!
Thanks for the info..love people that love geese. and i love the Irish
I have four 1 gander 3 females (hens) I read somewhere. The gander is a real character, the old gander died last year, he was very placid and a lot quieter, the 3 ladies are just that, mostly quiet, love it when they fly towards me for some lettuce
too funny, will watch this over and over, my dog thought they were so interesting!
Well done - excellent now I know with more certainty unlike other you tube video claims to show/tell the different
(you tube search - " differences between male and female Canadian geese" )
Your video though not Canadian geese certainly helped me and I can now show off to my female partner with my wilderness knowledges
lol kidding great job will subscribe
Fabulous! Thank you!!
Great video! Thanks 😊
Glad it was helpful!
thanks for sharing this, I've always wondered how to tell
My geeze hiss like a snake so I was amused at the sound of your geeze when they started going at you.
One of the most important factors and the easiest way to differentiate genders of greylag geese or their domestic descendants(which these geese in this video are) is their voices. Females are more hoarse and lower pitched, males are more straight, squawky and higher pitched.
0:17 Female voice.
0:25 Male voice.
And there you have it ha ha.
I have a Chinese goose and I'm pretty sure he's a gander now! Thanks for this 👍😊
Hilarious, and informative.
Cute little video thanks for that.
this video has helped me out a lot. well i found out i have 2 males and 1 female. I bought them from a tractor supply near me well about an hour away from me they told me it was a 90%chance of all female's well they were wrong i have 2 male's and 1 female. and the female has decided to bond with the more aggressive gander.
Peepers will come up behind you and attack your leg pants or shoes but when my mom comes home he will sound off and come towards her he hates her with a passion. i have had all 3 sense 3 weeks old. I am glad my one male is not aggressive towards anyone so we have a breeder for this years breeding and a breeder for the babies next year so that works perfect for me.
Peepers acts like the gander in this video he will act all tough but is a gentle bird he don't fly at your face or anything like that but i don't allow strangers in the yard anymore where they are they have to stay out side of the penned in yard. they even back my 3 big dogs off peepers will go out of his way and bite them in the butt. LOL.
As a whole the more aggressive or protective male tends to be chosen by potential mates, since the female's interested in finding a partner who will defend her and her offspring. It's basically a hold over from their wild ancestors.
muscovy duck&chicken breeder A 90% chance doesn't mean the alternative can't happen and the seller was wrong that your three weren't female. Even in the way we popularly use probability outside the world of mathematics, 90% means the seller was saying it wasn't very likely that there would be a male in the group but couldn't guarantee there wouldn't be because it was straight run. So the seller was correct in that information, which I'm sure was based on the results they had seen up to that point with other geese and other customers. You should have figured that somebody would get a male or two eventually because they weren't sorted to only include females. It was just your lucky day. :) (One year I got four straight run chicks from a feed store. Three were aggressive males and the female never laid any eggs! Not such a lucky day.)
So looks like the gander is also much more vocal and sticks his neck out more when telling you off. We ordered two goslings and 8 ducklings and they are all supposed to be male, but I'm wondering if we got a couple females. One gosling is much bigger than the other and a lot louder. The other doesn't talk nearly as much and when it does, its much quieter.
Thank you very much for this video!
Thank you,, very helpful :)
Becky Holmes Always try to be helpful : - )
Awesome thank you...I found a geese that some fed it alchohol what do u suggest I do? She/he has a great appetite drinks water and is drinking alot of water.. but still wobbles, cant walk.. is so out of it.
Aw, geese seem like such lovely characters. I might get a few goslings instead of ducks next year. Hm. :)
I have two. Much more fun than ducks, guaranteed!
@@kathleendubois7128 I will soon!! :P
Emley Wong, goslings were always more better and fun than ducklings! Just saying my own opinion.
Spoken like someone who obviously doesn't have any geese terrorizing their property!
I like this video I don't know why
Loved your clip, gosh, now i have to go out and try to separate mines! Wish me luck.
Good luck Dorothy!
@@WayOutWestx2 Would i get bit if i touch em?
Useful!
Nice
goose vs gander..... who knew? thx for sharing cuz now i know. many thx.
This is really useful. It seems that I have two ganders and a goose, when I'd only wanted females.
that is so true!!!
awe beautiful bless
Yes!
We’re having a bit of an issue determining if we got a goose or a gander. It’s a month and a half old and it’s very quiet. It’s almost fully feathered but we still can’t tell
your too funny :) thanx for the video
Wanted to check to be sure;
Are these points you made, true for all goose breeds?
I have 3 and couldn't tell the difference...thanks for this
Not only very informative ( I just found eggs and was wondering if I had a mixed flock and had a chance of the eggs being fertile 😀) but very cute video.
Thanks, Jessie
The ganders also have a screechier voice. A sticky gate hinge tone , while the ladies have lower tones.
These birds are hilarious when they're mad!
😂😂😂I had fun watching this
1:53 - "You'd better get your bald butt out of here and leave my wife alone!"
"Harold, you don't have to do that, but thank you..."
Very cute video. I hope it works when I go to get my first pair in a couple of days.Not that there would be anything wrong with a same-sex pair, of course.
Sweetie Fernandes I hate to break it to you Sweetie, but you might not get so many eggs from a pair of ganders : - ) I hope you like them, whatever they are!
But those boots COULD attack the geese at any time. Can't be too safe....
#3 is so sweet aww
#4 #5 = LOL
nice video, are these Embden geese?
Yes they are
I just got a pair of embdens, this video was very helpful, all the clues are spot on, one thing I have noticed though, the female is actually slightly bigger, from what ive read, the male should be significantly bigger, but like yourself not sure if theyre pure breed, if that would affect size? They are at least 8 months old so not sure if he has some growing up to do, anyway great video!
+Michael Joseph Thanks Michael. You'll find out for sure early next year..
Who needs guard dogs? lol
I have two geese who are very young and haven't shown clearly identifiable sex characteristics yet, the only real difference between then is that one has started honking while the other is still whistling.
Do geese and ganders start honking at different ages of is it just random?
That's an excellent question - but I'm afraid I don't know the answer. I will watch carefully..
That was really helpful thank you my friend!!
Happy to help Shipettos : - )
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Love this video. it's just like our gander. Can you post a video of how to tell if your third or 4th bird is a goose or a gander?! it's much harder! 😁
You're right! It's easy in the spring because the females have muddy backs from being mated. Otherwise it's tricky alright.
Good
haha super cool!!
also the girls have "cheeks" on their faces, making them look sweeter. The boys are more angular facially. I love geese..... raise them in Missouri. Just adore them.
Connie Cunningham thanks Connie - yes, that's another good point.
All fun and games until the gander smacks you in the face with his wings (hint... it really hurts!). I found the male geese may get a little taller than their girls, but once the girls have had a few seasons of brooding they get quite plump and drag a great deal. It makes them look enormous compared to the male.
I have 5 geese that are afraid of pond water.they love their kid swimming pools.the large ones of hard plastic.i had to put large stones around the pools due to short legs.they fly out .they eat table scraps and corn in the winter.love bread of any kind!! I break the pools when frozen so they can go swimming!they are something else LOL
their eggs are much better than chicken eggs.1 egg is big as 3 chicken eggs and I know they and fresh!!
1:50 Lol
thats great if you have 2 geese one of each gender to observe their interactions and compare them to each other..
But what if you only have one (rescued) goose...with a short neck and no undercarriage.
My goose (or gander) is not agressive towards me or the ducks and seems (in the absence of any other geese for comparison) to have equally male and female characteristics and appearance.
One odd behaviour thing however......he or she, seems to find it upsetting when some ducks mate and will start calling out loudly and if that doesn't work approach them flapping his or her wings till they stop!
Some couples Goosey doesnt seem to care how much they mate, others goosey feels compelled to stop their copulation at all costs. At first i thought it was when over aggressive drakes were pushing themselves on females but there have been times when Goosey has brought about and early finish to a perfectly consensual mating lol.
And the other day, my disabled duck was being happily(for her, not just for the drake) serviced by her gentle mate, and that got rudely interrupted by Goosey, who seemed to think he or she was acting in the interests of my disabled girl duck (who trust me was enjoying the drake lol)
Does that behavior give you any indication of the gender of my goose or is my goose just weird? Goosey is my first goose, and at the moment is hanging out with my 150-200 ducks, but I would like to get him or her a mate. Im hooping that if goosey is a girl then with spring almost on us some large eggs will make the answer to my question clear, as the one visit goosey had to the vet was hugely stressful for him or her. otherwise i guess ill need to bring Goosey some flowers ans treats and upend him or her and hope my goose sexing skills are better than my duck vent sexing is!
I think Goosey is an embden he or she looks like one and I rescued him/her from the roadside where poor Goosey was sitting close to the remains of another completely white goose why had died and been half eaten by hawks. While poor Gooseys mate was pretty well seen to by what I assume was hawks, there was enough remaining to be sure that the mate was also white like Goosey. (Goosey was not surprisingly, depressed for the first few days after rescue but gradually came around and is now loud and proud and rather cool IMHO
I had it backwards! I always thought that "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" meant that what he could do, I should be able to also. But that's backwards. I'm the goose. He's the gander.
Are these Embden Geese?
2 lovely birds and the gander was quick with those threats you cant be too careful with straw hats and wellies pml! Truley beautiful may there goosey marriage last maybe a talk of gosling's.
This how to tell the difference is the same with greylag geese right? Because greylag geese are almost the same as farmyard geese.
also if you interrupt a gander while he's bullying a chicken, he might latch onto your sleeve, hang from it, and whack you repeatedly in the knee with his wing-shoulders.
feels like a very strong child is punching you as hard as they can. didn't leave a bruise but I felt it for a few days.
I love goose because I have a goose on our backyard
oH crap i need to check my geese then they both might be ganders AAA
I think that has cleared it up for me, I have 6 I was given when they were 4 months old fingers crossed they are in pairs. In the case that I have 4 ganders will this upset my flock? Many thanks again for your video.
Megan Sporle I guess having that many ganders will create more squabbling - but nothing worse than that. If you could be certain which geese are with which ganders, then it might be best to move the surplus ganders away - but it's too late to make up new couples this year because they've already sorted themselves out. Glad this video was a bit helpful!
WayOutWest Blowinblog I was under the impression that geese are monogamous. If I have read your comment correctly they change each season?
+Bg Labelle geese do not mate for life. Look it up.
I love geese. BTW, where do you have them? Are they allways roaming freely in this garden, or do they sleep in some kind of barn? Best
+Luis Maza we find they don't like being locked up in a shed so they live in a fox-proof run at night
+WayOutWest Blowinblog Thanks a lot! Can we have a look on this fox-proof run? I'm not very lucky with my fox-proof facilities :_(
0:32 a little doo doo from the gander
Soooo... the animals or certain animals in the animal Kingdom can behave like total gentlemen, ay?? How adorable.
The gander is missing a top hat and a monocle.
What about geese with bigger bills?
lol we have 5 very funny very territorial... we lovem
#6 the sound or croak, the male like a trumpet and the female shrill and breathy...
oh yes, and they also hiss too.
Defecation @ 0:31
You're welcome. :)
Hell yeah poopies
My female geese are the ones that like to nibble me. Shoelaces, belt loops, seams, buttons and e the all time favorite of hoodie strings. My gander will just stand back and watch and worry about them all nibbling on me. He is a pretty good gander though. I have Pilgrims and they are one of just a few breeds that are color sex linked. Females are grey with white on the face and males are white with a few grey feathers. Super easy to tell genders that way. I used to have Embdens and the female would climb up on my lap and lay down while her mate would watch a few feet away. Another way to tell sometimes on the Embdens is the males have bright orange beaks and feet and the females will many times have a pink orange. Also the males stand with their beaks facing up a bit while the females beaks are level or even pointing a bit down when they stand.
Sarah H Thank you Sarah. Very interesting. It's still dark this morning but I will have a good look at the angle of their beaks later on..
great just great now I'm even more confused about whether Hanibal my embden goose is male or female. I'm beginning to think male again but I've been calling Hanibal her since july and I know that if I try to flip Hanibal to sex um....it...well those wings are no fun when they connect to your face by accident. I only have the one and ...it...man that's awkward views me as mommy I guess the funny thing is Hanibal always seems to stand between me and anyone else in the coop ignores the dozen or so chickens though, does that mean Hanibal's male? I kind of want to get a couple more this year but if Hanibal is male I don't dare get another male imagine the possible fights.... bad images.
Bg Labelle Um this is going to sound weird and possibly disturbing or ironic but when I toss steak scraps to my chickens Hanibal eats the meat should I be worried? everything I could find on geese says he should NOT be interested in the meat yet he gobbles it down just as fast as my chickens. I'm planning on getting him a mate this spring do you think that might help?
Bg Labelle The thing is the meat is the leftover steak bits from my family's dinner that we didn't eat and I am not giving it to Hanibal he's stealing it from the chickens. I only give my chickens cooked meat I'm terrified someone is going to get sick. Hanibal won't eat bugs or worms he will try any veggie I toss into the pen though. He also love watermelon.
PS: What breed are yours?
Megan Sporle Emden. Probably not pure breeds but fine geese anyway.
there is another important point...
his voice is thinner than her ..unlike humans
thanks
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could any of you please tell me when they will start matting mine age 4 months and still nothing
Next spring, or maybe the year after that.
So 2 years on Khalil did your geese get down to it in the end?