Domestic Geese

 

Embden Goose Embden Goose Embden Geese

Domesticated geese were brought to UK by the Romans for food and guard duty.

These above, with white plumage, blue eyes, orange beaks and heavy keels, are Embden geese.

  
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Most domesticated geese are descended from the wild Greylag Geese
Toulouse Goose Toulouse Goose Toulouse Geese

Greylag Geese ancestry is clear in the heavy Toulouse Geese, first bred by the French for "foie gras" and meat (like the Rouen duck)
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