The Brecon Buff goose is a breed of domestic goose originating in Wales. It is one of the few geese in the UK to have been bred in the Brecon Beacons region of South Wales.
It was created Rhys Llewellyn in the early 1930s. He actually crossed “sporting” snow geese from a flock of gray and white geese with an Embden gander, then a gander from that hatch with a pair of buffalo geese.
The Brecon Goose Standard was adopted at a meeting of the Poultry Club on October 12, 1934 and originally published in The Fearded World on October 19, 1934 and will appear in the next issue of the British Poultry Standards in 1954.
It is one of the first standardized goose breeds. Learn more about the Brecon Buff breed of geese below.
Characteristics of the Brecon goose
The Brecon Buff Goose is a medium-sized breed with yellowish-brown plumage. It is easily distinguished from its larger relative, the water buffalo, not only by its weight, but also by its pink beak and legs. Under the chin, on the primary and secondary feathers, there should be no white feathers.
The average weight of a mature Brecon Buff gander is 7.3 to 9.1 kg. And the average adult weight of geese ranges from 6.3 to 8.2 kg. Photo from A Fowl’s Home and information from Wikipedia.
Advantages
The breed is used for both egg production and meat production.
Special Notes
The Brecon Buff Goose is a very hardy, agile and active breed of goose. Geese lay about 10 to 25 eggs per year. They make good hatching birds and take very good care of their young.
These birds become very tame if handled properly and are also very good as pets. They are rather slow growing but are excellent pastures and do very well in an outdoor growing system.
They are very alert and able to protect themselves from predators. See the complete profile of this breed in the following table.
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| Breed name | Brecon Buff | |
| another name | everything | |
| Purpose of the breed | Meat, eggs | |
| Special Notes | Very hardy and active, alert, geese breed well and care for their young very well, become very docile, can be good pets, grow fairly slowly, excellent pastures, tolerate extensive management very well | |
| breed class | medium to large | |
| gander | From 7.3 to 9.1 kg | |
| geese | From 6.3 to 8.2 kg | |
| sullen instinct | Good | |
| climatic tolerance | All climatic conditions | |
| egg color | White | |
| Egg size | big | |
| Egg performance | 10 to 25 eggs per year | |
| Ability to fly | Medium | |
| Varieties | A | |
| scarcity | general | |
| Country/place of origin | UK |
