The Brecon Buff Goose is a breed of domestic geese originating in Wales.
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Origin
The Brecon Buff Goose was selected by Rhys Llewellyn, B.A., of The Court, St. Fagans, Swansea, South Wales. In 1929, while motoring in the Brecon Beacons he noticed a buff-coloured goose among a large flock of white and grey geese, and purchased this female with the intention of producing a breed of goose of this colour. Llewellyn was unable to procure a gander of the buff colour and mated a white Embden gander of small stature to the goose, which resulted in all of the goslings being grey in colour. Two more buff-coloured females were obtained from the original source and mated to one of the grey ganders, producing several buff goslings, among which was a gander of good shape and sound buff colouring. Llewellyn was able to mate up an all-buff breeding pen and, by 1934, the buff geese were breeding 100 percent. true to type and colour. The standard for the Brecon Buff Goose was accepted at the Poultry Club's meeting of October 12, 1934, and initially published in The Feathered World October 19, 1934, and appears in the next issue of the British Poultry Standards in 1954.
Description
The plumage is buff. The Brecon Buff Goose is distinguished from its larger relative, the American Buff Goose, not only by its weight but also by its pink feet and beak, which are characteristic of this breed. Gander's weight is 7,3-9,1 kg, female weights 6,3-8,2 kg.