United Pet Club

Gans color

Wit

White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.

29 Gans breeds list Wit. It is in a club standard for 16 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Wit

BreedAPAEEPCGBBWA
Afrikaanse gansStandaard (“White”)Standaard (“weiß”)No rulingNo ruling
Afrikaanse gansWitStandaard (“White”)Standaard (“weiß”)No rulingNo ruling
Chinese knobbelgansStandaard (“White”)Standaard (“weiß”)Standaard (“the white”)Standaard (“the white”)
Chinese knobbelgansWitStandaard (“White”)Standaard (“weiß”)Standaard (“the white”)Standaard (“the white”)
Emdense gansStandaard (“White”)Standaard (“weiß”)Standaard (“White”)Standaard (“White”)
NijlgansStandaard (“Brown”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
PilgrimStandaard (“Sex-Linked”)Standaard (“kennfarbig”)Standaard (“Ganders are white, with some traces of light grey in the back plumage, wings and tail”)Standaard (“Ganders are white, with some traces of light grey in the back plumage, wings and tail”)
Pommerse gansNo rulingStandaard (“weiß; graugescheckt”)Standaard (“grey saddleback”)Standaard (“grey saddleback”)
Romeinse gansStandaard (“White”)No rulingStandaard (“should be pure white”)Standaard (“should be pure white”)
SaddlebackStandaard (“Gray; Buff”)Standaard (“grau-gescheckt; gelb-gescheckt”)Standaard (“Grey Back; Buff Back”)No ruling
SebastopolStandaard (“White”)Standaard (“weiß”)Standaard (“Most Sebastopols in the UK are white”)Standaard (“Most Sebastopols in the UK are white”)
ShetlandNo rulingStandaard (“kennfarbig”)Standaard (“males being mainly white and the females grey and white”)Standaard (“males being mainly white and the females grey and white”)
ToulouseStandaard (“Gray; Buff”)Standaard (“weiß; grau; buff”)Standaard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”)Standaard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”)
ToulouseGrijsStandaard (“Gray”)Standaard (“grau”)Standaard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”)Standaard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”)
ToulouseBuffStandaard (“Buff”)Standaard (“buff”)No rulingNo ruling
ToulouseWitNo rulingStandaard (“weiß”)No rulingNo ruling

Breeds where Wit is a fault

BreedPCGBBWA
American BuffFout (“White feathers ... are considered faults in this breed”)Fout (“White feathers ... are considered faults in this breed”)

Breeds where Wit is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Afrikaanse gansEierschaal
American BuffEierschaal
Chinese knobbelgansEierschaal
Emdense gansEierschaal
NijlgansEierschaal
PilgrimEierschaal
Pommerse gansEierschaal
Romeinse gansEierschaal
SaddlebackEierschaal
SebastopolEierschaal
ShetlandEierschaal
ToulouseEierschaal

Color changes

How Wit can appear or change over an animal's life.

  • Grijschanges toWit

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