6th May 2012, 04:17 PM
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lsb member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Hawkes Bay
Posts: 65
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Geese
Hi,
Got an old stack of Growing Today and LSB discard mags from the library the other day, and reading through one from 1997 about ducks and geese, I found they said we have Toulouse and Embden geese in NZ. Does anyone know if we still have these?  I haven't previously come across mention of these anywhere, nor can I find any more recent mentions (even on the rare breeds site - I fear they may be an extinct breed here ).I'd like to get geese in a few months and Embden particularly, sounds great, all the more so if I'm helping preserve a very very rare breed. Thanks
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10th May 2012, 10:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 3
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Re: Geese
i sold some toulouse geese about five years ago.one set went to waitarere beach and the others went to omaru.nz geese are fairly crossbred.
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