Lip goose
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| Existence: endangered | |
| origin | Westphalia-Lippe , Germany |
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| Colors | White |
| Ring size | 24 mm |
| Breeding instinct | available |
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The Lippe goose is an old breed of goose that developed regionally.
Occurrence and distribution
The main distribution area was in Westphalia-Lippe in the catchment area of the cities of Lippstadt , Soest and Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Lippe goose is the only goose breed documented in Westphalia since 1860 that was bred and used on farms in the grassland region of the lip lowlands.
At the age of 8 weeks, the young were delivered for sale in markets or by train to large fattening farms in East Germany. Before the outbreak of World War II, the population was around 70,000 animals.
From the mid-1950s, the inventory decreased u. a. due to cheap imports from abroad.
In 1985 the breed was rediscovered by the Westphalian Open Air Museum in Detmold .
In 1989, it was recognized as an independent breed by the Association of German Poultry Breeders (BDRG).
In 1999, Lippegans owners and breeders joined forces to found the Stammbuch Lippegans eV association. The association is based in Erwitte , in the center of the original breeding area . 42 members currently hold 30 breeding pairs in 23 stocks.
description
The Lippe goose is a down-to-earth grazing goose weighing between 5.5 and 7 kg. The plumage is pure white or piebald. The Lippe goose is considered to be a particularly marchable, easily agile, medium-weight breed that can be assigned to the group of land geese.
If there is sufficient grazing space, Lippe geese can be kept as grazing animals without additional feeding. 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.
Web links
- Stammbuch Lippegans eV
- Breed portrait "The Lippegans" , diverse initiative for the preservation of old and endangered domestic animal breeds (VIEH)
- Breed description "Lippegans" , Society for the Preservation of Old and Endangered Pet Breeds e. V. (GEH)
- Mathias Vogt: The Lippegans , Geseke city administration
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lippe Goose . Entry in the poultry lexicon of the poultry newspaper . Hobby and small animal breeder Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Berlin
- ↑ National report of Germany ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as a contribution to the FAO report on the state of animal genetic resources in the world, p. 50 (PDF)
- ↑ Breed tables of large and water fowl. (PDF) In: www.bdrg.de. Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter eV (BDRG), p. 13 , accessed on January 9, 2012 (2.7 MB).
- ↑ Lips of geese ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 20 kB), www.entente-ee.com
