Pilgrim Goose

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The Pilgrim Goose is thought to have come to America with the pilgrims and then named in the early 20th century by a Missouri farmer.  It is a unique bird in that the sex of the bird can be distinguished by color; this is known as auto-sexing.  Even when young the birds can be distinguished, as the day-old males are silver-yellow with light-colored bills and the young females are olive-gray with their darker bills.  The adult ganders (males) are mostly white, usually with gray rumps and traces of color in the tail and wings with blue eyes.  Mature geese (females) are soft dove-gray with varying amounts of white in their faces and dark brown eyes. The bills and the legs are orange in both sexes. Pilgrims are medium-sized geese, weighing 13-14 pounds at maturity.

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Pittsboro, NC
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
http://www.albc-usa.org
P.O. Box 477
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Pittsboro, NC
Phone:  919-542-5704
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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

Calamas, IA
Sand Hill Preservation Center: Glenn Drowns
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Calamas, IA
Phone: 563-246-2299

Ottsville, PA
Feather Hill Farm: John Alloway
Ottsville, PA
Phone: 610-847-5815

Oregon, WI
Sue McGuigan
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Oregon, WI
Phone: 608-835-7799

Corvallis, OR
Holderread Waterfowl Farm and Preservation Center
Corvallis, OR
Phone: 541-929-5338

Gonzales, CA
Metzer Hatchery: John Metzer
Gonzales, CA
Phone: 800-424-7755

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