The lives of Geese

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland today for thousands of farmers worry about lead that flock of geese can be a carefree life - day after day, year after year.

Goose breeds are becoming more diverse

The term, which sums up this species is relatively old. Geese, with the Latin name "anserina" called, are a subspecies of ducks and geese are in different races divided. The aim of this article is to explain to these races closer. The most important goose breeds in the area of domesticated geese Diepholzer goose Emden goose closely related with the swan hump goose, the Italian goose, the Pomeranian goose, the Rhenish goose and the Toulouse goose. The oldest is Hausgansart the Emden goose, which emerged from the upland goose breeds of Emden and Bremen region. She is also known by the name swan goose.

Harmonious appearance of a very, very big - they reached in the first year on the pasture up to 10 kilograms - is this typical "text book" Weidegans unfortunately threatened with extinction. Domestic geese generally reach a slaughter weight of the mast of up to 7.5 kilograms. This corresponds to the live weight before slaughter. This is - depending on breeding and fattening method, reached after 9 to 32 weeks. Pasture mast takes the longest and is therefore also of the highest-quality variant. In Central Europe are at home, especially geese. This race was also the starting point for domestication, which has produced the domestic goose. Even the Germans estimated the fat, tasty meat and feathers. They have begun to domesticate these animals. It is a kind of goose field, is among the most frequently encountered water birds and is also known as Wild Goose.

Geese have a total of brighter plumage than the other geese breeds. Your neck is quite thick striped longitudinally. She has black spots on the belly, which are more or less strongly expressed. The male weighs 3-4 pounds and the female, slightly lighter, between 2 and 3.5 kilograms. The animals of this species are up to 17 years old. This race arrived in the 70 years to a population low of only 20,000 heads and has since increased to 250,000th However, the Canada goose (Branta canadensis) has settled here. This was done by human intervention, however, so the race is a so-called neozoon in these latitudes dar. Yet she feels at home here and also regularly breeds in central Europe. In addition, it provides the world's most abundant geese breed. The Canada goose is distinguished by its size. It is larger than the gray goose, and therefore also the largest of all geese, as they are encountered in the wild. As for the appearance is, her white chin strap, a typical feature of the Canada geese. In flight the black neck and head and the white spot is clearly visible.