Sunday, March 05, 2006

The Mysterious Red Breasted Goose

Has anyone ever raised the red breasted goose?

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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