Weston wrote:
good old visual and breeding history
...the breed originated in north europe, in and around Germany and the oldest writen desciption of the breed is dated at 1897.
the 'pommern gans' was officially recognised as an independant breed in 1912, between 1912 and 1914 there were two type listed.
single and dual lobed
between those years and 1929 some
"good old visual and breeding history" took place and the single central lobe became the obligatory criterion for the breed
this is a must have feature making the pomeranian unique.
so why was the standard writen? so that the breed can be clearly identified from the other domestic breeds...it makes no difference what your intentions are for breeding geese,,the standard isn't just writen for those that wish to show. its writen so keepers,breeders,showers and judges can all obtain a clear understanding of the requiements and identifying features of each breed .
the Aust poultry standards seems to ruffle some feathers,,so i'll draw your attention to the BWA(british waterfowl association) waterfowl standard
from page 3
the waterfowl club was founded in 1887
in 1949 it merged with the duck keeps Association and from then on was known as the BWA
so they've been around for a long time, have records and "breeding history", and have cross checked thier information
and i believe they've got the standard right! and is a true discription of the breed( the APS for this breed is word for word to the BWA,,so i believe its right too)
Fallax.. in assessing your birds its a simple process!the BWA list dual lobes as a disqualification. page 5 of the BWA explains why it is disqualified
"Disqualifications , for birds that were not true examples of thier breed"
I'm not making any of this up. i'm refferancing the following
the Australian poutlry standards 2nd edition
the BWA waterfowl standard 2008
and 'domestic geese' writen by Chris Ashton
and on top of this i've travelled to a number of over seas locations and taken my own photos and documentation
i've put forward my opinion and how and whats been used to come to that opinion, you can cross chech the above info and draw your own conclusions.
Weston i you wish to bang on about ducks then by all means do so,,just go and do it in the relivant thread/web site
we're discussing geese here in this thread..namely the pomeranian so lets stick to the topic