Temperament
Are Sebastopol Geese Loud?
Yes. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling something.
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Everything we get asked, written down properly. Care, breeding, temperament, health and the breed itself. If you are deciding whether this bird suits you, start with do they make good pets and are they loud.
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Breed
Can Sebastopol Geese Fly?
No. Sebastopol geese cannot fly at any age. The long curled flight feathers have no flat, interlocking surface to push against the air, so they cannot generate lift. This is true of every colour and both feather types.
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Temperament
Are Sebastopol Geese Friendly or Aggressive?
Calm by goose standards, with one predictable exception.
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Angel Wing in Sebastopol Geese
Preventable while they grow. Permanent once it sets.
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Mini Sebastopol Geese
A real term, but not always used to mean the same thing.
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What to Feed Sebastopol Geese
Mostly grass. The mistakes are all in what you add to it.
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When Do Sebastopol Geese Get Curly Feathers?
Not at hatch. This catches out a lot of first-time buyers.
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When Do Sebastopol Geese Lay Eggs?
Spring, seasonally, and fewer than you are probably expecting.
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How Big Do Sebastopol Geese Get?
Medium weight. Smaller than you might picture from the photographs.
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Raising Sebastopol Geese
The first three weeks are the whole job.
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Can You Keep Sebastopol Geese With Chickens?
Usually yes, with three things to get right.
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Do Sebastopol Geese Make Good Pets?
For the right setup, among the best birds you can keep.
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The reference pages, kept separate from the blog because people come back to them.
Care
Sebastopol Geese Care
Housing, space, diet, water, and what curled feathers change about keeping them.
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Breeding Sebastopol Geese
Pairing, season, colour genetics and what the breed standard actually asks for.
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How to Sex Sebastopol Geese
Why looks do not work, how vent sexing is done, and the supporting clues.
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Hatching Sebastopol Geese Eggs
Thirty days, temperature, humidity, candling and resting shipped eggs.
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Sebastopol Geese Lifespan
How long they live and what shortens it.
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Sebastopol Geese Facts
Origin, size, rarity, and why the breed stayed scarce.
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Adults, juveniles, goslings and hatching eggs, shipped to the 48 contiguous states.
Available nowSebastopol Geese
Mature curly-feathered birds, sold singly or as matched unrelated pairs. The shortest route to a laying flock.
From $175.00per bird
From $375.00per sexed breeding pair
Colour sets the price. Full table below.
LimitedJuveniles
Past the gosling stage, off heat and fully feathered, with the curl already coming in. Hardier to ship than day-olds.
From $120.00per bird
Colour sets the price. Full table below.
SeasonalGoslings
Day-old baby Sebastopol geese, hatched here and shipped with warmth in mind. You will need a brooder ready before they land.
From $80.00per bird
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In seasonHatching Eggs
Fertile eggs collected fresh and packed for transit. No hatch rate can be guaranteed on eggs that have travelled.
From $25.00per egg
Colour sets the price. Full table below.