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Poultry Season is Now. Pekin Duckling (The Yellow Ducklings) Warm Weather Seasonal (available in store only)

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 Product Description

Price and Quantity Subject to Availability

Ducklings are Seasonal,

Special Orders Welcome when available 

Ducks are great companions!  

They love water, they swim in it, play in it.

Pick up a sack of King Brand Chick Starter Feed for baby ducks

(in "Mash" or "Crumble" form)

and make sure to supply lots of drinking water. Protect from predators 

All Ducks must constantly have a clean water source for drinking and for washing/dipping their head into (water deep enough to wash out nostrils and eyes is a necessity for ducks). 

Feed Ducklings KING Chick Starter Crumbles, 25 or 50 lb.

 Shown.... the yellow are Pekin Ducklings, grow up to be white ducks

Pekins are the most common domestic duck - the adults are pure white and the ducklings are a cute yellow. You ask someone to picture a duck and they will normally envision a Pekin. The Aflac duck often seen on TV advertisements is a Pekin (we supplied them with the initial ducklings that eventually grew into the famous Aflac duck). They are a large, hardy breed with excellent egg production if managed properly. Selection by breeders over the years has produced a duck that can often be processed by 40 days of age at a live weight of seven pounds. Though their feed efficiency does not match that of chickens, they can still produce one pound of live weight from 2.5 pounds or less of feed. They do not fly and do not normally hatch and raise their own young.

 

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Shown.....the dark are Mallard Ducklings

Mallards are native to most countries in the Northern Hemispheres. It is thought that all domestic ducks except Muscovy are derived from the wild Mallard, or "Greenhead" as some call them. They are a small, flying duck that is hunted widely. Our Mallards retain this excellent flying ability. In addition, they do an excellent job of hatching and raising one or two broods of ducklings a year. Mallards start to fly for short spurts at 10-12 weeks and are flying very well by 16 weeks. It is also at about 14-16 weeks that the males get their beautiful coloring - prior to that both the males and females are similarly colored in shades of brown.

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