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04-09-2007, 06:50 PM
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| | | Greylag geese?
I can't make up my mind whether these are young Greylag Geese, a cross or another species. My feeling is Greylag but the colour just doesn't seem quite right - too white. They were on the Thames at Pangbourne today. Can anyone confirm?  
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04-09-2007, 06:58 PM
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| | | Re: Greylag geese?
Look like Greylag/domestic geese crosses  |
04-09-2007, 07:00 PM
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Looks like a cross between a Greylag and a white domestic/feral goose.
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04-09-2007, 07:12 PM
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Beat me to it YB
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04-09-2007, 07:21 PM
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Certainly a hybrid of some description. Cheers
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04-09-2007, 07:39 PM
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Thanks for the replies. They were great looking geese, such attitude  !!! 
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04-09-2007, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by agrumpycow  Thanks for the replies. They were great looking geese, such attitude !!! | That last one looks really mean. Dont mess with me kind of attitude
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05-09-2007, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by paulchandler6 Certainly a hybrid of some description. Cheers | Not strictly a hybrid! Domestic geese, with the exception of the Chinese Goose (derived from the wild Swan Goose), are essentially selectively bred Greylags- no other species involve here, so not a hybrid. Greylags were the first bird to be domesticated.
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05-09-2007, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Not strictly a hybrid! Domestic geese, with the exception of the Chinese Goose (derived from the wild Swan Goose), are essentially selectively bred Greylags- no other species involve here, so not a hybrid. Greylags were the first bird to be domesticated. | Yes I see what you mean. Cheers
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05-09-2007, 10:30 AM
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yes agreed domestic geese maybe even pedigree ones!
perhaps these: Brecon Buff Geese |
05-09-2007, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton | They do look very much like that Gill. I didn't even realise they could be a pedigree in themselves. Thanks for that link 
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05-09-2007, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton | Great link, Gill.
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05-09-2007, 05:20 PM
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well I suffer from serious chicken envy (my garden's too small  ) and this sometimes spills over into duck envy and goose envy too, when it all gets too much I just go look at pretty pictures of them | | |
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