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Steinbacher Kampfgans
Anser anser
A breed of Goose
Breed of goose.
- 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 7.5 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
Production
- Eggs per year
- up to 30 eggsBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Egg weight
- up to 135 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 II (severely endangered)BLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Population
- 454 breeding females, 259 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
- Steinbacher Kampfgans
- Slug
- steinbacher-kampfgans
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Anser
- Species
- anser
- Cultivar
- Steinbacher Kampfgans
- Wikidata QID
- Q1570777
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48