Huoyan Goose Breed Introduction: One of the Main Goose Breeds

1. Morphological Characteristics

The Huoyan goose is relatively small in size, with an orange-red caruncle on its forehead that has a smooth surface. The beak is orange-red. Its most distinctive feature is its eyes: the Huoyan goose has triangular eyes, with a notch in the upper eyelid. There is a throat pouch under the jaw, and the neck is long and arched. The front body is upright and held high. The female goose has a full, drooping abdomen. The Huoyan goose has white body feathers and orange-red feet.

2. Origin and Distribution

It originated in the Laiyang area of Shandong, and later became widely distributed in Changtu in Liaoning, Tonghua in Jilin, and Yanshou in Heilongjiang, among other places.

3. Production Performance

The Huoyan goose is a small-sized goose with high egg production, cold tolerance, and abundant down and feathers. Adult male geese weigh 3.7-4.4 kg, and female geese weigh 3.1-3.8 kg. At 90 days of age, body weight is 3-4 kg, and the eviscerated carcass yield of market-ready young geese is 70-72%. Mating is best at 210-240 days of age. Grazing female geese lay an average of 80 eggs per year, and can reach 120-130 eggs when rearing conditions are good. The eggshell is white, with an average weight of 120-130 g. Female geese have poor broodiness, so artificial incubation is mostly used. The average weight of the fatty liver of the Huoyan goose is 324.6 g, with the largest being 515 g, and the liver-to-feed ratio is 1:41. The male-to-female ratio for breeding is 1:5-7, the fertilization rate is about 85%, and the hatchability rate is 80-85%.