Breeds of meat ducks: top 7 best for home breeding

Many farmers have been breeding poultry for a long time. Found their place in the economy and the descendants of the wild mallard. Waterfowl are unpretentious in care, have good productivity. But egg production, compared to chickens, is not too high. Therefore, it is important to determine which popular meat duck breeds should be preferred.

Features of direction

Content ducks for meat agronomists consider profitable. Broilers are suitable for home breeding. The appearance of birds is remarkable. The trunk with massive muscles is well developed. Adults weigh about 4 kilograms. 2-month-old young animals are suitable for slaughter.

Achieve such parameters with a balanced diet. Feed proportions for ducklings:

Chopped Greens205080 Boiled meat (you can waste) Curd products Whole milk Cooked potatoes 4080Grounded cereals 1.560100Bran 5 Ground meal 1820Yeast 0.211

Products, g	Age of offspring
	up to 10 days	up to a month	up to 2 months
3	15	25
3	10
5	20
30	40		Waste grain crushed

The need for minerals and vitamins is met by s alt, bone meal, shells and fine gravel. Fish oil is also added to the food.

For adult ducks, a diet of different foods is formed. Be sure to use fresh herbs and, if possible, seafood. When buying ready-made feed, preference is given to proven brands of manufacturers.

The best meat breeds of ducks

All domestic ducks are descended from mallards. In the course of breeding work, productivity indicators have undergone significant changes.

Bashkir

The breed was bred at the Blagovarsky poultry farm. Ducks are distinguished by high productivity not only for meat, but also for egg production. The female is able to incubate up to 200 eggs per year. Perhaps natural, as well as incubatory, breeding. The yield of meat is up to 70% of the total mass. Adults gain 4 kilograms of weight.

Pros and consAbility to quickly adapt to natural conditions.Undemanding in care and feeding.Strong immunity.Rapid weight gain.Dependence on the availability of water bodies for regular walking.Intolerance of tightness.

When keeping the Bashkir breed of ducks, it is important to correctly calculate the area of the paddock. Overpopulation will lead to disease and reduced productivity.

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Beijing

The oldest breed of ducks was bred 3 centuries ago in China. In Europe, snow-white poultry appeared already in the 20th century. Farmers breed this species for delicious meat. The product yield is 70%. The incubation instinct is poorly developed. For breeding, it is better to use an incubator. Females lay an average of 100 eggs a year.

Pros and consGood indicators of meat productivity.Disease resistance.Activity.Unpretentiousness.Excessive shyness.Excessive appetite.Noisiness.

With no food, birds become irritable. Feeding troughs capricious Pekin try to keep full.

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Musk

Outwardly, ducks resemble turkeys due to the characteristic fleshy outgrowths of a bright red color. The breed originated in South America. Ducklings at the end of the second month of life already weigh 4 kilograms. The largest adults - reach 6 kilograms. Ducks produce 100 eggs a year.

Pros and consPeaceful character.Great appetite.Do without water walking.They hatch both their own and even other people's eggs.They do not tolerate cold climates.I like it I don't like it

Blue Favorite

The breed is the result of selection of three species at once - Bashkir ducks, black whiteheads and Peking ducks. Birds look well-fed, weight reaches 5.5 kilograms. Ducklings gain about 3 kilograms in 2 months. Females lay 150 eggs annually.

The nature of the ducks is friendly, the appetite is good. Favorites are able to find food on their own.

Pros and consAbility to breed in cold climates.Good he alth.Rapid maturation.

The only drawback poultry farmers consider the lost maternal instinct.

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Gray Ukrainian

Ukrainian scientists managed to create a breed that is considered one of the best among meat varieties. As a result of crossing wild ducks with poultry, strong individuals with dense down of brown or golden color were bred. By adulthood, ducks gain 4 kilograms of weight, each year they bring about 120 eggs.

Pros and consProductivity.Ability to endure frost.Rapid weight gain.Omnivorous.The presence of immunity.Undemanding to the conditions of detention.Ducks are not cleanliness.Noisy behavior.

Feathered Ukrainian women are advised to keep near the water. If there are no lakes near the farm, a trough is enough for ducks to exercise daily.

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White Moscow

White, similar to Pekin ducks, ducks in Russia are bred almost everywhere. Drakes gain up to 4.5 kilograms, their girlfriends are only slightly behind in weight. The annual fecundity of laying hens is 125 eggs.

Pros and consHarsh climate resistance.Disease resistance.Activity and independent behavior.Loyal attitude to food.

Poultry farmers do not like the slovenliness of birds, as well as a sharp unpleasant cry.

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Rouen

The breed was obtained by crossing free ducks with the best samples of poultry. The natives of France have the plumage of wild ancestors and an accommodating disposition. Adults gain 5.5 kilograms of weight and even more. During the year, 90 eggs are obtained from each female.

Pros and consVery fast weight gain.A wide selection of food products.Easy care and maintenance.High rates of meat productivity.Due to the tendency to obesity, you have to carefully approach the composition of the diet.Gray shade of the carcass. The unattractive appearance even became the reason for the refusal of industrialists from the mass cultivation of poultry.

Noisy behavior is characteristic only of the female half of birds. Ruanian drakes can't quack.

I like it I don't like itFinal ranking tableBashkirBeijingMuskBlue FavoriteGray UkrainianWhite MoscowRouen

Which is better to choose?

Experts advise choosing ducks carefully. Find out:

1. Conditions under which it is profitable to grow birds (climate, feeding and other indicators).
2. He alth status.
3. No defects.
4. How fast ducks grow.
5. Meat quality.
6. Is it possible to breed ducks without a pond.
7. The presence of maternal instinct.

Your own preferences are also considered an important selection criterion.

Basic growing rules

Ducks are adapted to keeping in different conditions. Some breeds are thermophilic, others are resistant to frost. But when building a poultry house, a number of requirements are observed:

1. The birds are placed in a spacious and warm (up to 24 ° C) room with good ventilation.
2. Use lamps to keep young animals warm.
3. Install additional lighting.
4. The floor is insulated with straw or peat.

It is not advised to transfer ducks to free keeping if there is no reservoir nearby. Grazing is difficult to gain weight. The diet of birds must be carefully monitored. Raising ducks is not difficult. Productivity indicators are high. Given the low cost of keeping birds, breeding meat breeds will become a profitable business.

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