Chinese goose

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Chinese
Livestock Conservancy: watch[3]
Country of originChina
DistributionWestern countries
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    4.5–5.4 kg[4]: 361 
  • Female:
    3.6–4.5 kg[4]: 361 
Classification
APAyes[5]: 20 
EEyes[6]
PCGBgeese: light[7][8]
  • Anser cygnoides
    • A family consisting of six individuals. Four goslings, a male (left), and a female (right). found at Staglands Wildlife Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
    Two white examples in Kyoto, Japan
    Four individuals near the Marne river in Île-de-France

    The Chinese is an international

    Anser cygnoides and are characterised by a prominent basal knob on the upper side of the bill. It originates in China, where there are more than twenty different breeds of knob goose.[9]
    : 4 

    History

    Unlike the majority of goose breeds, which derive from the greylag 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 than twenty different breeds of knob goose.[9]
    : 4 

    It was seen in Britain from the early eighteenth century if not before,[10]: 371  and was present in the United States in the latter part of that century – George Washington is believed to have kept some on his plantation at Mount Vernon.[11]: 203 

    It was included in the first

    Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 1874.[5]: 20 [11]
    : 203 

    In the twenty-first century it is an

    Livestock Conservancy in the United States lists it as watch, its third level of concern.[3]

    Characteristics

    It appears in two varieties: the grey-brown, with colouring similar to that of the wild swan goose (Anser cygnoides), and the white.[10]: 371  The bill and the knob are black in the grey-brown variety, and orange in the white; the shanks and feet are always orange.[4]: 361  In birds bred for showing the neck is long and slender.[11]: 203 

    Use

    As a layer of eggs it is the most prolific of any breed of goose, usually laying some 50–60

    eggs in a season of about five months, but sometimes reaching 100 eggs during that time.[10]: 371 [9]: 5  The eggs weigh about 120 g, rather less than those of other geese.[9]: 5  Flocks of the geese may be used to guard property or to keep down weeds.[10]: 371 [11]: 203 [13]
    : 473 

    References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chinese Goose.
    1. ISBN 9789251057629
      . Archived 23 June 2020.
    2. ^ a b Transboundary breed: Chinese. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2022.
    3. ^ a b Chinese Goose. Pittsboro, North Carolina: The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed May 2022.
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      ISBN 9781405156424
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    5. ^ a b APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
    6. ^ Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
    7. ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
    8. ^ Geese: Light. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 27 October 2018.
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    12. ^ Breed data sheet: Chinese / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Goose (domestic)). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2022.
    13. ISBN 0300088809
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