2LearnBreed
Leinegans
Anser anser
A breed of Goose, from Germany
Goose breed.
- Family
- Anatidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Goose generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Meat
- Eggs
- Guarding
- Mature weight
- 4–12 kg
- Lifespan
- 10–20 years
- Incubation
- 30 days
- Temperament
- Alert, vocal and loyal; ganders can be aggressive while nesting
- Forage
- True grazers that take most of their food from good, short grass. Give grain or waterfowl pellets in winter, when grass is poor and while they are laying.
- Housing
- A simple, predator-proof shelter for the night and well-drained grass to graze. Water deep enough to bathe in keeps their plumage in good condition.
- Good to know
- Pasture quality matters more than bought feed, so plan grazing for the whole flock. Geese are long-lived and form strong bonds with each other and with their keepers. Ganders can be aggressive in spring, so take care with children around nesting birds.
The record
Breed facts
Size
- Weight (female)
- up to 7 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Weight (male)
- up to 10 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
Production
- Eggs per year
- up to 40 eggsBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Egg weight
- up to 150 gBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Eggshell colour
- WhiteBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- Germany (BLE) risk status
- Category III (endangered)BLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Population
- 42 breeding females, 42 breeding males in GermanyBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Leinegans
- Slug
- leinegans
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Anser
- Species
- anser
- Cultivar
- Leinegans
- Wikidata QID
- Q1236109
- Origin country
- Germany
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52