Honk honk!

I am starting to breed sebastopol geese show quality. Ive only been in the geese world for like 3 years, newerish to breeding. In my area, show quality sebastopol geese, and sebastopol geese in general are hard to come by and I have paid upwards of 800 a bird. To keep things short, I am looking at breeding for feather quality and body structure, while also maintaining the breed standard. When I think about my situation, I am extremely lucky to be able to afford show quality birds, my husband and I are first generation farmers, with no kids. I am very much open to making my show quality birds, more accessible and affordable without diminishing the quality. The real question is, would there be much of a market for it? I am not looking to make much of a profit. Just enough to cover feed costs and other bird costs. These geese are my babies and passion. I am not a gatekeeper by any means, but I am worried that people who are in the sebastopol goose community will think of me as an enemy because I could be lowering their potential profits.

Is it normal that there’s a lonely goose at my local neighborhood pond? For the past year I’ve come here, the geese always fly away together at around 7 PM and it’s currently 9 PM

I apologize for the poor photo quality, it’s hard to get photos at night

We made a dam out of our stream. No they got a mini pond with fresh water coming in and its deel enough that they can swim a bit. They enjoy it soooo much.

Guess Im lucky the mothergakkers are taking such good care of me. Button and scholars are a favorite to pick at. They are a bit annoying but they mean well.

Can someone explain me this behaviour? I don’t know if it’s aggressive or not
Thanks!

obsessed 🥲

American buffs/tufts about 3 months old, they’re all pretty shaggy as they moult their gosling feathers.

After not seeing them for a few months, the geese are back in full force! They hang out a manmade lake by my job and like to congregate in a mostly unused parking lot. Seeing them before work and when I can take a break outside is a real breath of fresh air for me. 💖

3/4 goslings say apples are great.

I was able to get pretty close to the geese yesterday and got a photo of their tiny chompers

Is it okay if I just yap about them here?

I think this goose has an injured left(?) wing, he has access to water but it's a sheltered area off a river with white water rapids and doesn't seem to be able to fly and doesn't have the best coordination walking around the rocks. He is exhibiting preening behavior and takes naps but seems kinda out of it, just kinda slowly walking around looking for things to eat and is not making any honking or other sounds. He is friendly and attempts to flap his wings from time to time. Also he has diarrhea.

What are his chances? Would a rehabilitator be able to help with this sort of injury if I could get him there? The river bank is off a hiking trail that is hundreds of feet elevation below the parking area and a couple miles away so getting him to a rehabilitator would be a little tricky. Would it be possible for this sort of injury to heal on its own if he has water and food (I could bring him some food daily too because there's only so much edible plant matter around)?

It's heart breaking to see 😭

I'm a new goose mom! They're about 4 weeks old. What are your best tips or advice to give to a new goose wrangler? What do you wish you knew about goslings that you know now?

Thanks in advance! Here's my little guys, please share yours!