| Chinese Geese -
one
of the most popular breeds of domestic goose The Chinese is one of the post popular and well known breeds of domestic goose. Unofficially, there are two kinds of Chinese geese: those that hate the world and everything that moves within it, and those which have to be picked up and carried to their shed. They are so tame that they prefer to stand around your feet and won't be driven. The sort you end up with depends partly on the strain, but mainly on how you rear them and treat them. They can be wonderful watchdogs - tame and real pets with their owners, but noisy when anything unusual is around. See our Brief advice on keeping geese and breeds of geese Breed Information:
Chinese come in two colours (white and grey) and two types - the
American exhibition bird and the heavier traditional English type. They
are light-weight geese, weighing between 8 and 12 lbs. Some are
excellent egg-layers, managing over 80 per year, but a more reasonable
number of eggs is 30-40. Younger birds achieve higher figures.
Older geese produce fewer eggs. |
  |
