Embden goslings for sale hatching from March to June.
The White Embden gosling is the only goose breed grown commercially for meat in North America due to its large size, white feathering and rapid growth. Embden goslings are easy to raise, very quiet. Embden goslings are the commercial goose that makes its way to the supermarket. The Embden goslings are one of the three (the others are Toulouse and African) heavy goose breeds recognized by the APA. Geese are great watchdogs. Commonly misspelled Emden.
American Poultry Association Class: Heavy Geese Class
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy Conservation Status: No concern because the Embden goose is the most popular meat breed.
Production: The Embden goose is the standard for an excellent table goose. They are fast growing with both the Embden goose and Embden gander reaching good weights.
An Embden gander lays 30 to 40 white goose eggs per year starting in February until June. The goose egg size is about 170 grams.
Foraging: Embden Geese are expert foragers and will make a meal out of virtually anything. Geese kept in an enclosure will quickly eat areas bald and kill trees by removing the bark.
Size: Embden Gander, 26 pound mature Goose, 20 pounds mature
Shape: The Embden's head is oval-shaped and they have a long and graceful neck. Embden body is bulky and well rounded, having a long back and a short tail. Embden wings are very strong and of a good length. Embden feathers are close and very hard. Embdens are noticeable because they are the tallest breed with a massive and long body, long swan neck, with the double lobes not touching the ground.
Color: Embden geese are pure white with a light orange short bill, and orange feet and shanks. Embdens have blue eyes. Breed Defects Uneven lobes; Keel;
History: Pliny the Elder, the Roman writer of the first century AD, wrote about white German geese in his Natural History. There are mixed views on the origins of the Embden goose breed that has been around for 200 years. The name is Embden is German in origin. Their arrival in America is attributed to imports from Bremen to Boston in 1821. The two ganders and four geese were described as being of the purest white the bills, legs and feet, of a beautiful yellow.? Lewis Wright was of the opinion that they originated from the town of Emden in Lower Saxony, Germany, although another source, namely Edward Brown, in Race of Domestic Poultry believed that the breed was created by crossing the German White with the English White and then, by a process of careful selections, creating the goose as it is today. Others suggest that the English Embdens great weight and size was produced by selective breeding with the Toulouse breed, which was then bred out leaving the large size of this breed. The Embden goose was historically used as a meat cross with the utility Toulouse darker drier meat. Also known as Bremen geese and as L'oie d'Emden in France and Belgium. Stow Geese and Super Stow Geese are two strains popular in the UK.
