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• Domestic ducks
(Platyrhynchos domesticus) are
decedents of wild mallard ducks.
Lightweight Breeds
• Campbell
• Welsh Harlequin
• Runner
Welsh Harlequin
• 250 – 340 eggs per year
• White eggs
• Campbells weigh 5 – 5 ½
• Ancona
• Cayuga
• Orpington
• Swedish
Ancona
• 210 – 290 eggs per year
• Eggs white, tinted, blue, green
or spotted
• Magpie weighs 6 – 7 pounds
• Best foragers and best layers
of this group
Cayuga
• American breed
• Dual purpose farm duck
• 100 – 150 eggs per year
• Eggs light grey, blue, green, or
white
• Weighs 7 – 8 pounds
Orpington
• a.k.a “Buff”
• Excellent dual purpose
bird
• 150 – 220 eggs per year
• Eggs white or tinted
• Weighs 7 – 8 pounds
Swedish
• 100 – 150 eggs per year
• Eggs white, tinted, blue, or
green
• Weighs 7 – 8 pounds
Heavy-weight Breeds
– Meat production
– Rapid weight gain
– Moderate layers
– Calm temperaments
• Appleyard
– Home bodies if well fed
• Aylesbury
– Variable mothering ability
• Muscovy
• Pekin
• Rouen
• Saxony
Silver Appleyard
• Most active foragers and best layers of the
Heavyweight breeds
• Produce more flavored meat with less fat
INDIAN RUNNUR
WHITE PEKIN
28-d
Chicken 21 days
Turkey 28 days
Japanese quail 17 days
Guinea fowl 26 days
Pheasant, Partridge 24 days
Duck 28 days
Muscovy duck 35 days
Goose 28-32 days