Goose color
Grey
An even grey. In horses the greying gene's colour, which whitens with age (see the greying pattern); the wild colour of cockatiels and African grey parrots; the grey to near-black eggs Cayuga ducks lay early in the season.
14 Goose breeds list Grey. It is in a club standard for 12 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Grey
| Breed | APA | PCGB | EE | BWA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“The body feathers are ashy brown, edged with a lighter shade”) | Standard (“graubraun”) | Standard (“The body feathers are ashy brown, edged with a lighter shade”) |
| AfricanBrown | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“The body feathers are ashy brown, edged with a lighter shade”) | Standard (“graubraun”) | Standard (“The body feathers are ashy brown, edged with a lighter shade”) |
| Chinese | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“the brown (also called 'grey' or 'fawn')”) | Standard (“graubraun; graublau”) | Standard (“the brown (also called 'grey' or 'fawn')”) |
| ChineseBrown | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“the brown (also called 'grey' or 'fawn')”) | Standard (“graubraun”) | Standard (“the brown (also called 'grey' or 'fawn')”) |
| ChineseBlue Grey | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“graublau”) | No ruling |
| Egyptian | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pilgrim | Standard (“Sex-Linked”) | Standard (“Ganders are white, with some traces of light grey in the back plumage, wings and tail”) | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | Standard (“Ganders are white, with some traces of light grey in the back plumage, wings and tail”) |
| Pomeranian | No ruling | Standard (“grey saddleback”) | Standard (“graugescheckt; grau”) | Standard (“grey saddleback”) |
| Saddleback | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“Grey Back”) | Standard (“grau-gescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Shetland | No ruling | Standard (“males being mainly white and the females grey and white”) | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | Standard (“males being mainly white and the females grey and white”) |
| Toulouse | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”) | Standard (“grau”) | Standard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”) |
| ToulouseGrey | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”) | Standard (“grau”) | Standard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”) |
Breeds where Grey is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| Roman |
| Sebastopol |
Color changes
How Grey can appear or change over an animal's life.
Greychanges toWhite
Plumage · With age