Different Types of Ducks - What You Need to Know Before You Start to Raising Ducks

Raising ducks does not need to be hard if you
know your reason. Ducks are mostly aquatic
birds, mostly smaller than the swans and geese,
and may be found in both fresh water and sea
water. Some people use "duck" specifically for
adult females and "drake" for adult males,
others use "hen" and "drake", respectively.
Somehow, they are sometimes confused with
several types of unrelated water birds with
similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes,
gallinules, and coots. Ducks are generally
raised for eggs but when snail food gets scarce,
they are sold for meat.Before you start raising
ducks, here are the different types of ducks for
you to consider:

Egg Type Of Ducks

1) Khaki Cambell Duck

Khaki Campbell ducks have characteristics brown
color, have extremely active habits, do well in
good range and show little desire for swimming.
These ducks are good layers, they lay as many as
300 or more eggs a year which are fairly large,
thick-shelled and weigh 70 to 75 grams each. The
body weight at point of lay is about 1.50kg. On
the average, this duck could lay 285 eggs up to
72 weeks ofage, with a mean egg weight of 75kg.
This duck can be distinguished by their pure
white feathers. Their eggs are either white or
greenish.

2) Indian Runner

The Indian Runner Duck is a breed of domestic
duck. They are native to the
Indian-sub-continent and Malaysia. The breed, it
is thought, was first brought to Europe via
Whitehaven, Cumbria in the United Kingdom, by a
sea captain prior to 1835, as they were
exhibited at the London Zoological Gardens by
this date.This duck assumes a very erect normal
posture with are almost straight neck. The back
is long, straight and narrow. An adult weighs
about 2.10kg, while an adult weighs about
1.80kg. The egg production characteristics of
this breed resemble that of the Khaki Campbell.

3) Tsaiya

This breed was developed in Taiwan. The original
color ranges from black neck to pure white. Due
to farmers preference, the brown breed was
selected and raised as a major variety, while
the white variety was developed for the
production of mule ducks. Tsaiya ducks has small
body size. An adult female weighs about 1.30kg,
while the male weighs about 1.40kg.

Meat Type Of Ducks

1) Muscovy Duck

The Muscovy Duck is a large duck which is native
to Mexico and Central and South America. Muscovy
is a heavy breed. It has plump body and yellow
skin. It has three varieties: the white, the
colored and the blue. Unlike other breeds,
Muscovy ducks prefer to stay on land. All
Muscovy Ducks have long claws on their feet and
a wide flat tail. The drake (male) is about 86
cm long and weighs 4.6-6.8 kg, while the hen
(female) is much smaller, at 64 cm in length and
2.7-3.6 kg in weight; domesticated males often
weigh up to 8 kg, and domesticated females up to
5 kg.

2) Pekin Duck

Pekin duck was bred from the Mallard in China.
The ancestors of those ducks originated from the
canals which linked waterways in Nanjing, not
Beijing, and originally had small bodies and
black feathers. Sometimes it is mistaken for a
goose because it carries its body rather
upright. Pekin ducks are good layers, and
duckling are ready for market at 2 or 3 months
old.

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