White Chinese Goose

Location of Conservation: Changhwa Breeding Animal propagation Station

Taiwan Livestock Research Institute

7 Tanung Road

Peitou, Changhwa, Taiwan

Republic of China

Tel: 886-4-8884106

Fax: 886-4-88861

Contributor: Mr. Kuo-Chin Wu

Visible characteristics

1.Solid white feathers, blue eyes and an orange-yellow beak and feet.

2.Orange-yellow knob in White Chinese goose.

3.A short tail turns upward in both kinds of Chinese goose.

4.Female is less than male in size.

5.Cutting roughage with teeth on the edge of beak.

6.Females brood on eggs.

7.Alert behavior when frightened or aroused.

8.Congregate and play in water.

9.Mate in water and fixed mates.

10.Usually raised in open-sided houses with access to a large field.

11.To a pond for exercise and bating.

12.Most of geese followed a leader when they move away.

　

Growth	White Chinese
Performance	Goose
Body weight at
at birth	0.112 Kg
2 weeks old	0.35 Kg
4 weeks old	1.01 Kg
6 weeks old	1.72 Kg
8 weeks old	2.68 Kg
10 weeks old	3.22 Kg
12 weeks old	3.54 Kg
14 weeks old	3.95 Kg
16 weeks old	4.23 Kg
Feed conversion at
2 weeks old	1.61 F/G
4 weeks old	2.19 F/G
6 weeks old	2.60 F/G
8 weeks old	3.00 F/G
10 weeks old	3.45 F/G
12 weeks old	4.26 F/G
14 weeks old	5.65 F/G
16 weeks old	6.86 F/G
Survival rate	90.1％

　

Reproductive	White Chinese
Performance	Goose
Age at first egg	313±35 days
BW at first egg	4.2±0.6 Kg
Egg weight of first egg	154±22 g
Number of eggs yearly	20.6 eggs
Fertility	83.08％
Hatchability	48.22％
Conformation
Measurements
Body length	41.2±3.3 cm
Body height	75.4±6.3 cm
Chest width	22.8±1.2 cm

　

Laying Production

One male mates with 4∼6 females. The laying period begins in September, peaks in December, and endsin Aprit or May of the following year.

Meat Quality

The Chinese goose grows more slowly than exotic Embdem, Tufted Roman or Toulouse. Itsrearing period is about 16 weeks, which is at least two weeks longer than that of other breeds. However,consumers in Taiwan prefer Chinese geese and are willing to pay up to 80％ more for meat, because of the good quality of their meat in relative to the taste flavor.

　

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