It sounds intriguing!
- "For many years while the Russian possessions were
more or less closed to foreigners, very little was known
about this very beautiful goose. Occasionally one or
two pairs would be brought out but generally they were
unknown to the avicultural world. The few that were in
the hands of zoos and private breeders were not
producing in captivity. The word got out that they
would not produce in captivity for some unknown
reason. Probably this bad reputation was the result of
the sexes being identical (except the female is slightly
smaller than the male). Some began to produce in
captivity when vent sexing came about and true pairs
were put together in happy environments."
[ from GamebirdWorld.com's article on raising the red goose ]
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