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.

How do the hump goose get its name?

The bumps have goose bumps from her name. Of this you have two, one on the forehead and one on the upper mandible, which occurred after the designation is not apparent. The hump on the upper beak is larger in males than in females, as it continues to grow throughout life, he can appear especially in old gander almost like a little horn. The goose bumps is a domesticated species of swan goose, the second addition to the original species of goose gray goose. The training of the race happened a few centuries in Central and Southern Russia, Japan and China, which is why the goose bumps goose is also sometimes called Chinese.

Today, the goose bumps lives in Europe and in Asia in China and Japan. The remarkable thing is that the goose bumps that kept as a pet is the only race that does not go back to the Grey Goose. Since the late 18th Century have been established for humans for larger breeds in Europe and the U.S., which should produce the low-fat, fine fibrous flesh at elevated levels. The goose bumps are lined with plants, small animals and fattening food, an adult goose bumps weighs 5 kg (female) to 7 kg (male). The bumps goose is a popular animal is the most common goose breeds at shows, they can be easily crossed with other geese. The bumps goose looks elegant, it has a remarkably long neck and enters the body in an upright position. Other features include an elongated torso, broad shoulders and a curved rear portion. . To racial picture includes a slight curvature of the upper back and relatively long wings, the bumps goose is limited airworthy from the originally bred bumps goose some variants were cultivated: the Russian Kholmogory-goose with humps, a heavy, gray-white piebald animal with huge dewlap, and the African goose bumps, which is also represented in Germany.

Other races like the Steinheimer fight goose and probably also the Emden and the Toulouse goose go back on the cusp goose Their origin from the wild swan goose is the hump goose on temperament should be noted: Much temperament and irritability are evidence of remnants of wild blood in the breeding season Ganter can be so aggressive that small children must be protected from them. Temperament also means mobility, is the goose bumps to the agile attitude necessarily a larger grazing area and swimming water as possible is required.