Breeding since 2017 in Simsboro, Louisiana. Shipped to all 48 contiguous states.

Buff Sebastopol Geese

Buff is grey diluted toward warm rather than cool. A buff Sebastopol has a fawn or tan head and neck over a cream body, carrying the same scalloped feather structure a grey does but in a warmer shade.

Availability. We are running buff birds now. Numbers and ages change through the season, so tell us what you are after and we will say what is on the ground. Adults are on the geese page, with juveniles, goslings and hatching eggs alongside.

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Buff Photographs

Our own birds, photographed on the farm. Click any photo to see it full size.

Pair of buff Sebastopol geese with warm tan necks over cream bodies — Buff

Two buff Sebastopol geese standing together by a fence — Buff

Pair of buff Sebastopol geese in grass — Buff

Buff reads very differently depending on the weather. In full sun it can look almost cream, and on an overcast day the fawn in the neck comes forward considerably. If you are judging a bird from a photograph, ask what time of day it was taken.

The colour buff is most often confused with is lilac, which is buff's own dilute and lands a shade paler and pinker. In strong light the two can be very hard to separate, which is one reason lilac birds are so often sold as buff and the reverse. Compared with grey the difference is easier: grey is cool and brown-toned, buff is warm and tan.

Buff also appears as a base for the saddleback pattern, giving a buff saddleback: fawn over the neck and back with a white body beneath.