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Buff Back
Geese;
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Names
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n/a
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Country Of
Origin;.
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........Europe
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Carriage;
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. . compact and docile
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Purpose;...
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........Eggs.....Meat...Broody..
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Egg
Colour
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.....................white
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Egg
Numbers
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.............
Will lay at least 30 eggs in a season
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Breed Defects.
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. . . White feathers in
coloured plumage; EXCEPT white around the bill/
a sign of age;
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Incubation:
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.. . . . . . . 28 - 34
days
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Breed
Hints....
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. . .Kept as trio or pair ..
will go broody and hatch
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Weights;
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8- 10 kg Gander ;Goose, 7 - 9 kg
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Breed
Tip
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. . . .Needs: Grazing;
water.
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Flying .
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. . .rarely flies a good all
rounder;
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Appearance:Plump goose with no keel.
Back slightly convex approximately 60% wider than the
depth ie long bodied. Tail Short carried almost
horizontal. Blue eyed bill and legs orange .
BUFF
BACK;............Breeders
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Alan Davies
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PEMBS
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Tel 01437 721 433
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Jane Anderson,
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Wiltshire
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01793 751 171
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Hicks Waterfowl World
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OSWESTRY
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Tel 01691 655 635
weekends
Tel 07818 036 118
weekdays
grahamhickss@hotmail.co.uk
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