Duck Flashcards
Muscovy and Pekin are what type of duck breed?
Meat type
It is a breed that originated in China, characterized by creamy white feathers and yellow skin.
Pekin Duck
T/F: The average weight of pekin ducks at maturity for drakes is 8 kg, and for hens 6 kg.
False, Drake - 4 kg, Hens - 3kg
This breed is also called as Brazilian or Barbary ducks.
Muscovy duck
This breed comes in in various color varieties including white-winged, blue, black, black and white, and pure white.
Muscovy duck
What are the breeds that are Egg type?
Khaki Campbell, Indian Runner, Mallard/Pateros Duck
It is a type of duck that are a cross between Rouen drake and a fawn and White Indian runner duck.
Khaki Campbell
T/F: Khaki Campbell maturity age is 18 weeks, and egg production is at 300 eggs per year.
True
T/F: Indian runner produces 150-200 eggs per year, and the drake weighs at 1.6-2.2 kg while the hens weighs at 1.4-2.0 kg.
True
It is a duck breed that has black with white bib or necklace characteristic.
Mallard/Pateros Duck
T/F: Caruncles are present in Mallard ducks?
False, caruncles are absent in mallard ducks.
What are the types of balut?
Balut sa puti - 16-18 days
Balut sa mamatong - 12-15 days
Which egg type breed produces the highest eggs per year?
Khaki Campbell - 300 eggs/yr
Distinguish the incubation period of mallard and muscovy duck.
Mallard - 28 days
Muscovy - 34-36 days
In this management system, brooding of ducklings is done for 2-3 weeks.
Traditional system
This management system the ducklings are transferred to the grower house after brooding.
Confinement System
In this management system, the growing and laying stages, are raised in herding system.
Traditional system
T/F: Mallard ducks are typically trained for herding at around 4-5 weeks old.
False, they are trained around 2-3 weeks old.
T/F: Starter ducks require 2900 ME kcal per kg.
True
T/F: The lowest CP% percent is in Laying stage.
False, the lowest CP% (15) is in Growing stage.
What time do mallard ducks usually lay?
Between 2AM-7AM
T/F: Mallard ducks want to lay eggs alone.
False, mallard ducks want to lay eggs in group.
What is the reason why nests must be available when ducks lay?
No nest, means duck lays on the floor, but incidence of broken eggs is high.
T/F: The floor space for laying ducks is 1.2 square feet.
False, it is 2.5-3.0 sq ft
