American Buff Goose

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The American Buff goose is a American descendant of the wild Greylag goose, which is found in Europe and Northern Asia.  As a dual-purpose goose, it produces both eggs and meat.  The meat is a rich, dark meat.  The buffgoose is an apricot-fawn color with a whitish abdomen, brown eyes and orange feet and bill. The breed is the largest of the medium weight class of geese with mature ganders (male) weighing about 18 pounds and mature geese weighing about 16 pounds.

The American Buff is calm and docile, a good choice for a home flock. They are good, attentive parents.  In 2003, there were fewer than 500 breeding birds and five or fewer breeding flocks.

Sources

Pittsboro, NC
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
http://www.albc-usa.org
P.O. Box 477
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Pittsboro, NC
Phone:  919-542-5704
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Lugoff, SC
Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities
Dr. Charles R.H. Everett, Secretary-Treasurer
1057 Nick Watts Road
Lugoff, SC 29078
803-960-2114
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http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/SPPA/SPPA.html

Webster City, Iowa
Murray McMurray Hatchery, Inc.
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com
Webster City, Iowa
Phone: 800-456-3280

Blue Ridge, VA
Andy’s Poultry: Andrew Marsinko
Blue Ridge, VA
Phone: 540-977-3950
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Mendon, MA
Good Wool Farm: Robert and Lorna Rhodes
Mendon, MA
Phone: 508-473-7943

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