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Pilgrim geese (Australian Settler geese in Australia [1]) are a breed of domestic goose. They are considered to be a relatively quiet, lightweight and medium-sized breed. [ 2 ] The pilgrim goose is a rare and critically endangered species according to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) and was officially entered into the American ...
This list contains breeds and landraces of domestic geese as well as species with semi-domestic populations. Geese are bred mainly for their meat, which is particularly popular in Germanic languages countries around Christmas. Of lesser commercial importance is goose breeding for eggs, schmaltz, or for the fattened liver .
Ganders have entirely white plumage, while geese have a head, neck, and upper body with gray highlights and a white underbody. [2] They generally mate for life, and are good parents. Shetland geese lay around 30 eggs a year, that are white in colour. [2] The Shetland goose has a shorter bill, due to its natural ability to forage. [5]
Canada geese are rarely farmed, and sale of wild Canada goose meat is rare due to regulation and slaughterhouses' lack of experience with wild birds. Geese in New York City parks culled by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection have been donated to food banks in Pennsylvania.
The word "goose" is a direct descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandra (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), West Frisian goes, gies and guoske, Dutch: gans, ganzen, ganzerik, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gás and gæslingr, whence English gosling.
Pomeranian geese with goslings The Pomeranian goose (German: Pommerngans , [ 1 ] French: L'oie de Poméranie [ 2 ] ), also known as the Rügener goose , [ 1 ] is a breed of domestic goose . Although only an officially recognized breed since 1912, [ 1 ] this fowl was developed by Northern German farmers of Pomerania as early as 1500. [ 3 ]
Unlike the majority of goose breeds, which derive from the greylag goose, Anser anser, the Chinese belongs to the knob geese, which derive from the swan goose, Anser cygnoides, and are characterised by a prominent basal knob on the upper side of the bill. As the name suggests, it is believed to have originated in China, where there are more ...
Like almost all breeds of domestic goose, the American Buff derives from Anser anser, the wild Greylag goose of Europe and northern Asia.Its origins are obscure, and various theories have been put forward; it is not known if it was bred from local grey farm geese, or from existing buff geese imported from Europe. [2]