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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

CATEGORY: Goose

The Grey Back goose known in America as the Pomeranian goose is unique among domestic geese for its single lobed paunch and striking colour pattern. It is similar in size and stance to the American Buff. The Pomeranian gets its name from the former Province of Pomerania, which lay on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea between the estuaries of the Oder and Vistula rivers. This region is now shared between Germany and Poland.Most North American domestic geese of European origin are descended from the Western Greylag, but some experts suspect that the Pomeranians, developed in Germany, are descended from the Eastern Greylag, a subspecies with a little more pink shading in its bill and legs than the Western subspecies. Pomeranian’s were brought to North America centuries ago with early German settlers and were common in areas where farmers of German extraction settled. However, the breed was not accepted as a show bird until the 1970’s, and then only the  saddleback varieties were recognized, though historically the solid color varieties, including buff, gray, and white were important to farmers. The Pomeranian is a practical breed for both meat and egg production. Individual temperaments run from docile and sweet to fairly aggressive. They tend to be boisterous and talkative, so they make good guard animals on a farm, but they may not be the best barnyard birds if neighbors are close by. The Saddleback Pomeranian was first standardized in 1977.

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