Hi Everyone, I have been owned White Africans for 4 years now. I purchased my first pair from Ryan Gartman. He shipped them through the mail as adults. I bought another pair from Butch Gunderson. The gander was from his stock and the goose was from Rodney Haefs stock. I got my first and only gosling last May. Factors such as leaving a light on during the Fall resulting in the first egg on December 21st or moving them from the main barn to the pasture for the spring have caused limited success in hatching and raising babies. I have 10 eggs (all under geese). I do not no if any will watch. My big question is how do I breed size into the White Africans. I have been to many shows and seen brown ganders with beer keg bodies and tree trunk necks. Mine are between the mediocre Chinas with dewlaps and the big show mammoths. I have heard suggestions like breeding a brown gander to a white female and breeding only the brown daughters with white chest blazes to an all white gander. The other more laborious way is breeding Embden to Chinas in hopes of a dual lobed china and breeding them to show quality browns. IDK!!!! I have heard that diet plays a big part which I believe. I feed them 16% Armada Duck and Goose Pellets but switched to a combo of 50 lbs Producers Pride scratch grain/ 50 lbs Purina layer crumble/ 50 lbs Producers Pride crack corn/ 15 lbs Manna Pro poultry conditioner. I want a feed schedule in place from the time they hatch, grow, finish, breed, lay, show, and maintenance. The most common brands in my area are Dumor and Purina while the limited access brands are Armada, Kent and Nutrena. Please somebody help me. I want to save this breed so any tips are welcomed. Also these are the only breed that I show so I am not bogged down with 40 other breeds I have to worry about but I do have other chickens,ducks,geese,guinea fowl, and peafowl that I keep for pleasure. NOTE: I posted this message on ShowBirdBid.com.