Chinese
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Origin: Asia
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A profile breed of the smaller bodied type goose.
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General characteristics: male and female
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Carriage: Upright, compact and active.
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Type: Body compact and plump. Back reasonably short, broad, flat, and sloping, to give a characteristic upright carriage. Breast well rounded and plump, and carried high. Wings large, strong and high-up, carried closely. Stern well rounded, and well-developed paunch. Tail close and carried well out.
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Head: Medium for size, and proportionate. Bill stout at base, symmetrical, medium for size. Knob, large rounded and prominent (smaller in the goose than the gander). Eyes bold.
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Neck: Long, carried upright, but with graceful arch and refined (longer in the gander than the goose).
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Legs and feet: Legs medium. Shanks strong, medium for length. Toes straight, well spread and webbed.
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Plumage: This should be reasonably tight.
Colour
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The white
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Plumage of both sexes: Pure white.
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In both sexes: Bill and knob orange.
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Eyes blue. Legs and webs orange-yellow.
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The brown-grey
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Plumage of both sexes: Head dark brown, with face fawn up to demarcation line above the eyes.
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Face band a definite white band or line from top of head to as far down the face as possible.
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Neck fawn with prominent dark brown stripe down middle of back of neck and for its entire length. Back brown.
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Breast greyish-fawn from under mandible well down to body where it becomes lighter.
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Thighs at side of breast brown, each feather edged with a lighter shade of greyish-fawn, approaching white.
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Wing bow and coverts medium brown, each feather laced with a lighter greyish-fawn edging, approaching white; flights brown. Stern, paunch and tail a lighter shade of greyish-fawn, approaching white, the tail having a broad band of russet-brown across with the light edging.
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In both sexes: Bill and knob black. Eyes brown. Legs and web dull orange.
Weights
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Last modified: Monday, 7 May 2012, 5:07 AM
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