Roman

Origin:  Italy

Category:  Goose

Egg Colour:  White

Sitter:  Yes

The Roman is a smaller breed of geese that is very docile in spite of its active nature. It originates from Italy.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

SHAPE OF MALE AND FEMALE

HEAD: Neat, symmetrical and refined, that of the female being especially well rounded and deep through the face.

BILL: Moderate length, free from coarseness, but fairly straight.

EYES: Alert, intrepid, situated somewhat high in the skull.

NECK: Rather upright, medium in length and free from coarseness, devoid of dewlap.

BACK: Wide and flat at shoulders, with very slight taper toward the tail; about two thirds as wide as long, with very little arch.

TAIL: Compact and carried straight out in line with back.

WINGS: Well developed, carried rather high and with tips crossing smoothly over the saddle.

BODY: Conforming to the back in length and breadth, but deep, plump, round and smooth.

BREAST: Full and well rounded, well fleshed.

STERN: Full, capacious, nearly round, without pronounced paunch. The entire underline as free from keel as possible.

LEGS: Both thighs and shanks moderately short and light boned, set well apart.

PLUMAGE: Comparatively short, sleek, with a glossy surface.

COLOUR

COLOR OF MALE AND FEMALE

BILL: Pinkish orange with light flesh colored bean.

EYES: Light blue.

SHANKS AND FEET: Orange, or preferably, pinkish orange.

PLUMAGE: Untinted white throughout.

TUFTED VARIETY

A tufted variety is also recognised in the Roman Goose. In all ways it is identical to the standard but it has a tuft on the crown. Itbegins just over the eyes and inclines backwards to some degree.

WEIGHTS

Adult male, about 13 lbs. Adult female, about 11 lbs. Young male, about 11 lbs. Young female, about 9 lbs.

SCALE OF POINTS

Goose Points from the American Standard of Perfection referenced below.

SERIOUS DEFECTS

• Oversize;

• Coarseness of bone;

• Too stretchy appearance.

• Yellow bills, or feet and shanks.

See Disqualifications

SOURCES

• The American standard of perfection, illustrated. A complete description of recognized varieties of fowls, as revised by [theAssociation at its 62d-67th annual meetings, 1937-42.] Public Domain accessed from: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009169004

• The Poultry club standards, containing a complete description of all the recognised varieties of fowls, ducks, geese and turkeys, ed. by William W. Broomhead. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009202629

• Australian Poultry Standards 2nd edition

• Grow, O. (1956). Universal waterfowl standard and judging guide. Milwaukee: American Waterfowl Assoc., inc. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924003128190&view=1up&seq=9