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Head of a white Chinese goose A flock of Emden geese A flock of Twente geese Öland goose in pond. One of about 100 in existence. Adler goose (Адлерская) [3] [4] African goose [1] [3] [5] Alsatian goose (Oie d'Alsace) [3] [5] American buff goose [1] [5] Amorstream goose [3] Anhui goose [3] Aonghus goose; Arzamas goose ...
Geese have also been strongly selected for fecundity, with females laying up to 500 eggs per year, compared to 5–12 eggs for a wild goose. [3] [5] As most domestic geese display little sexual dimorphism, sexing is based primarily on physical characteristics and behaviour. Males are typically taller and larger than females, and have longer ...
The Slovak White goose is an autochthonous breed of Slovakia. Male Slovak White geese generally weigh around 7 kg, and females 6 kg. They lay around 14–18 eggs, which weigh 160 g. [1] Due to low population numbers (200 females and 100 males) the Slovak White goose is considered to be an endangered breed. [2]
Andean geese feeding Andean goose walking in grass. The Andean goose is 70 to 76 cm (28 to 30 in) long and weighs 2.73 and 3.64 kg (6.0 and 8.0 lb). Both sexes have the same plumage. Adults' heads and bodies are white. Some scapulars have sooty centers and others are dark brown, giving a striped appearance to the shoulders.
White Sebastopol goose. The Sebastopol is a breed of domestic goose, descended from the European Greylag goose. [1] First exhibited in England in 1860 under the name 'Sebastopol goose'; [2] they were also referred to as Danubian geese, a name first used for the breed in Ireland in 1863. [3] '
Snow geese have been swarming into the 7,500-acre Missouri refuge in recent weeks, photos shared on the refuge’s Facebook show. Snow geese stop at the refuge as they migrate north for spring.
The appearance of European or Russian white-fronted geese, of the subspecies albifrons and Greenland white-fronted geese, of the subspecies flavirostris (which winters in the British Isles and occasionally reaches the northwest European mainland), differ in a number of ways. The Greenland white-fronted goose, in all plumages, looks darker and ...
Canada geese, like humans, are monogamous, and couples often stay paired up for life — making an ideal home environment for orphaned goslings. Flocks will foster abandoned goslings without a peep."