Greylag geese?

agrumpycow · #1 (**permalink**) 04-09-2007, 06:50 PM

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?

Lincs Yellowbelly · #2 (**permalink**) 04-09-2007, 06:58 PM

Look like Greylag/domestic geese crosses

wildone · #3 (**permalink**) 04-09-2007, 07:00 PM

Looks like a cross between a Greylag and a white domestic/feral goose.

wildone · #4 (**permalink**) 04-09-2007, 07:12 PM

Beat me to it YB

paulchandler6 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-09-2007, 07:21 PM

Certainly a hybrid of some description.

Cheers

agrumpycow · #6 (**permalink**) 04-09-2007, 07:39 PM

Thanks for the replies. They were great looking geese, such attitude

!!!

paulchandler6 · #7 (**permalink**) 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

aeshna5 · #8 (**permalink**) 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.

I wouldn't like to argue with these handsome brutes!

paulchandler6 · #9 (**permalink**) 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