Linen goose

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Linen goose
Linen goose
origin Leine , Germany
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not recognized, was considered extinct

Weight
  • Ganter: 6 to 8 kg
  • Goose: 4 to 6 kg
Colors
  • White
  • piebald
Ring size no specification (no standard)
Breeding instinct available
Laying time
Laying performance
  • Minimum weight: 130 g
  • Eggshell color: white
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The linen goose is an old breed of goose that developed regionally. It was bred in the area around the entire Leine river .

Occurrence and distribution

The main distribution area was in Lower Saxony between Göttingen and Hanover as well as in the Emsland and around Oldenburg . Later the distribution area extended to northern Hesse and northern Thuringia. After the populations gradually declined in the 1950s in favor of slaughter geese cheaply imported from abroad, the breed was considered extinct by the late 1960s at the latest.

In 1994 an agricultural engineer discovered a pair of the leash geese in Hildesheim , later he found other individuals in Lower Saxony and Thuringia. The offspring could be started with six pure-bred animals, but the breed is still listed under category I (extremely endangered) on the red list of the "Society for the Preservation of Old and Endangered Domestic Breeds (GEH)". The current population in 2006 is a good 70 animals.

Purebred leash geese are now registered in the Leinegans herdbook and wear a foot ring with the inscription “Herdbook Leinegans”, the year of hatching and an individual number.

Leash geese can be found in the zoo in the Bremen Bürgerpark , in the Sababurg zoo or in the Arche Warder zoo .

description

The linen goose is a light to medium-weight breed of goose with a weight between 4 and 8 kg and a body length of 70 to 75 cm. The plumage is pure white or piebald. The linen goose is a robust, weatherproof and frugal grazing goose with caring breeding behavior. If there is sufficient pasture space, leash geese can be kept as grazing animals without additional feeding. In addition to grass and oats, vegetables and fruit are also preferred foods. The animals are able to march to the pasture without exertion even over long distances. The clutches contain up to 20 eggs, of which approx. 12 eggs can be hatched in natural brood. The linen goose can live up to 20 years.

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