NEW! Sexing Video

Metzer Farms Blog


 
Raising Geese

Sebastopol Geese

Sebastopol Geese Adults
Price List for Sebastopol
Quantity Price Each
Straight Run $49.95
Sexed: Males or Females $51.40

Order Sebastopol
Quantity: Gender:
** This breed is sold only Straight Run or in Pairs. For each Pair ordered, you will pay for two birds at the Sexed price.

Sebastopol are probably our most unique appearing goose. You would think that a bird such as this would have been bred fairly recently but actually they have been around for hundreds of years. Their origin is thought to be from the countries surrounding the Black Sea, Hungary and the Balkans. It was known early on in England as Danubian and the Spanish and Italians referred to the breed as Danubio due to importations from the lower Danube river area. How they got the name Sebastopol is a mystery other than some of the first birds may have been imported from the port of Sebastopol.

The correct colored Sebastopol is pure white. Young birds may start with a few gray feathers but gradually lose them until they are pure white at about 20 weeks after their final set of feathers. Sebastopol can stay lovely year around if you provide a mud free environment with at least a bucket of water for washing. As their feathers do not lay flat, their feathers do not insulate them as well as other breeds. Wind easily fluffs their feathers and any heat held by the feather is quickly lost. So in very cold weather they will spend more time inside than other breeds.

Fertility seems to be a problem with most Sebastopols, along with lower than normal egg production. Fertility is adequate early in the season (and they do seem to come into production earlier than most breeds) but quickly drops off. Oftentimes we will have no fertile eggs the last three weeks of production in the spring. In 2005 we tried artificial insemination with our Sebastopol but with discouraging results. We hope to try it again in the future but with some basic changes in the our methods and materials.

Sebastopol Flock
Sebastopol Gosling


The table below shows the availability of Sebastopol for the next three months.
To view the availability of all the breeds we offer, please see our Hatching Dates Table.
Sep 13, 10 Sep 20, 10 Sep 27, 10 Oct 4, 10 Oct 11, 10 Oct 18, 10 Oct 25, 10 Nov 1, 10 Nov 8, 10 Nov 15, 10 Nov 22, 10 Nov 29, 10
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Glossary of Terms  |   Suggestions  |   Metzer Farms Catalog  |   Our Privacy Policy  |   Contact Us