Goose color
Gray
An even gray. In horses the graying gene's color, which whitens with age (see the graying pattern); the wild color of cockatiels and African gray parrots; the gray to near-black eggs Cayuga ducks lay early in the season.
14 Goose breeds list Gray. It is in a club standard for 12 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Gray
| Breed | APA | PCGB | EE | BWA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African goose | 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”) |
| African gooseBrown | 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 goose | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“the brown (also called 'grey' or 'fawn')”) | Standard (“graubraun; graublau”) | Standard (“the brown (also called 'grey' or 'fawn')”) |
| Chinese gooseBrown | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“the brown (also called 'grey' or 'fawn')”) | Standard (“graubraun”) | Standard (“the brown (also called 'grey' or 'fawn')”) |
| Chinese gooseBlue Gray | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“graublau”) | No ruling |
| Egyptian goose | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pilgrim goose | 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 goose | No ruling | Standard (“grey saddleback”) | Standard (“graugescheckt; grau”) | Standard (“grey saddleback”) |
| Saddleback goose | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“Grey Back”) | Standard (“grau-gescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Shetland goose | 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 goose | 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”) |
| Toulouse gooseGray | 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 Gray is disqualified or not accepted
Color changes
How Gray can appear or change over an animal's life.
Graychanges toWhite
Plumage · With age