Sebastopol Geese Questions Answered

How much are Sebastopol geese?

Sebastopol geese are priced by colour, in three tiers. Base colours, white and grey, are $175.00 per adult bird, $110.00 per gosling and $25.00 per hatching egg. Grey saddleback is $200.00 per adult, $135.00 per gosling and $35.00 per egg. Premium colours, lavender and buff saddleback, are $250.00 per adult, $150.00 per gosling and $35.00 per egg. A sexed breeding pair is $375.00, $425.00 or $525.00 by tier. Juveniles are priced on request. Delivery is overnight only, from $25.00.

How much do Sebastopol goslings cost?

Goslings are $80.00 each in every colour, with a minimum of two per shipped order. A single gosling has nothing to huddle against and chills in transit, which is the whole reason for the minimum.

How much do Sebastopol hatching eggs cost?

Hatching eggs are priced per egg: $25.00 for the base colours, white and grey, and $35.00 for grey saddleback, buff saddleback and lavender. No hatch rate is guaranteed on shipped eggs, because transit damages air cells no matter how carefully they are packed.

Why are Sebastopol geese so expensive?

Small population and slow reproduction. They were never bred at commercial scale, so there is no volume to bring the price down. A goose lays a fraction of what a chicken does, over a short season, and shipping live birds is genuinely costly. Scarce colours compound all of it.

Are Sebastopol geese rare?

They are a heritage breed kept largely by hobbyists and small breeders rather than commercial operations, so numbers are limited compared with production geese. Coloured Sebastopols are scarcer again, with lilac and splash the hardest to find.

Are Sebastopol geese loud?

Yes, like all geese. They are not a quiet bird and they will announce visitors. If you are on a small suburban plot with close neighbours, that is worth thinking through honestly before you order rather than afterwards.

Are Sebastopol geese friendly?

They are among the calmer goose breeds and handle well, particularly when raised from goslings. Birds handled daily from hatch become genuinely tame. Birds raised without handling stay wary, which is true of any goose.

Are Sebastopol geese aggressive?

Not especially, outside breeding season. Ganders get assertive from late winter through spring, which is normal goose behaviour rather than a fault of the breed. Outside that window they are easy company.

Can Sebastopol geese fly?

No. The curled flight feathers cannot generate lift, so Sebastopols cannot fly at any age. This makes them far easier to contain than most waterfowl: a fence they cannot walk through is enough.

Do Sebastopol geese mate for life?

Geese pair strongly and a settled pair will often stay together for years. It is not an absolute rule, and pairs can be rearranged, but a settled pair generally breeds better than a recently shuffled one.

How many eggs do Sebastopol geese lay?

Far fewer than a chicken, and only over a season rather than year round. Laying begins in spring and tapers through early summer. A first-year goose lays less reliably than the same bird a year later.

What age do Sebastopol geese start laying?

Usually in their first full spring, though first-year birds are less productive and less consistent. Judge a breeding pen on its second season rather than its first.

How much room do Sebastopol geese need?

They are grazers, so more pasture is always better. The fixed requirements are dry shelter, shade, and water deep enough for a bird to submerge its whole head in. Because they cannot fly, fencing is simple.

Do Sebastopol geese make good pets?

For the right household, yes. They are calm, they handle well, they are long lived, and they cannot fly away. They are also loud, they need outdoor space and water, and they will be with you for fifteen years or more.