The Poultry Keeper

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Clawddnewydd

Advice please.......these are the 2 Buff Chinese Geese babies (and the tiny one is supposed to be a crele pekin Confused

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Can anyone tell me why one is coloured like a mallard and the other like an embden when they are both supposed to be out of Buff Chinese?????
Also, does anyone know what a crele chick should look like as so far I have one yellow and one black pekin chick and they are supposed to be crele............

They are all very sweet though Rolling Eyes

Pekinout · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 307 Location: Cornwall

Found this about Chinese Geese, is it any help?

(There are two color varieties of Chinese geese, brown and white. The original variety is a rich brown and fawn, accented by a dark, russet-brown neck stripe. In mature birds, the glossy black bill and knob are separated from the main head plumage by a narrow band of creamy-white feathers. The shanks and feet are brownish orange or dark orange and the eyes brown. The white variety has blue eyes, pure white plumage, and bright orange feet, knobs and bills. While goslings of white European breeds are mainly gray with yellow trim, the down of day-old White Chinese is a bright canary yellow )

So by going on the above, I'd say the yellow gosling is the white variety and the other one the brown variety.

With Embdens the ones with the grey fluff on the back were male, I think, and all yellow were female. Or the other way round lol it was a long time ago, anyway, if that applies to chinese geese, maybe that's why you got one yellow one and one grey one?????

I think creole or crele pekin chicks should be sort of gingery with a greyish tinge on the body. I've got one of those in my latest hatch.

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Clawddnewydd

Well thats very interesting, thanks very much for that pekinout Very Happy

The Chinese are supposed to be from the Brown, not white so unless one is a throw-back, then they have both colour varieties Evil or Very Mad

with the pekin, the majority have hatched (well, those that have hatched) are dark in colour. The only gingery one is the one pictured, the rest (6 in total) are dark Confused

So do you think I've been sold creles which arent actually creles Confused

All the eggs had crele written on them but you do tend to get suspicious when a batch of pure colour eggs hatches different coloured chicks............ Sad

Still, they are pekins and they will be loved regardless Wink

Pekinout · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 307 Location: Cornwall

I wouldnt like to say the dark ones aren't creles, cos never had a crele chick myself til now.

Did you get the eggs on Ebay? I know some on there have mixed colour flocks and when you buy say 'buff' eggs they come out all colours.

Could be it's that, or the parents aren't from pure colour lines.

Some people aren't that fussy about breeding birds, and don't know their breeding history.

Whatever they are, as you say, they'll be loved.

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Clawddnewydd

Yes I bought them off eBay, they were "buy it now" eggs. The pic was of a cockerel and 2 chicks. Have just looked it up and the chicks in her pics are black with paler patches. Thats what mine look like too (except for the gingery one Rolling Eyes

) So I suppose I'm none the wiser!!

Bradders · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Cambs/Cornwall

I don't know anything about Geese but there really sweet though Very Happy

Do you know wether there girls or boys Confused

james419 · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject:

This is Jam after being rescued from his/her shell - mum rolled it out of the nest and walked on it so I had to move it PDQ to the incubator

Jam is on the left with elder brother/sister at 21 days

This is Dad

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Clawddnewydd

Oh James, maybe you can help explain why I have a yellow and a brown gosling when they are out of the brown strain of Chinese......... Confused

The lady I bought them from only has the brown ones.....

Love your pics by the way Very Happy

james419 · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject:

Sorry - cannot help you there - we only have the brown ones 2 females + Gus and this was their first go at breeding - next year I will take the eggs and hatch as she sat on 12 - hatched 2 stood on one and Jam I had to rescue, I think her sister got jealous and interfered too much - tried to separate them but all hell let loose.

kated · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 1495 Location: norfolk

You might have an albino there BB.......

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Clawddnewydd

No, I dont think so, she has brown eyes. I think she is an error Rolling Eyes

They have been sunbathing in the garden with me (well, they were sunbathing, I was being molested Rolling Eyes

) they werent happy unless they were asleep on me Rolling Eyes

they are gorgeous though Very Happy

They make me laugh the way they just fall asleep and then whiffle away to themselves Laughing

Bradders · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Cambs/Cornwall

How big do the males grow James Confused