. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. 23S PO UL TR r- CRAFT. According to the descriptions of this breed as grown near the Enghsh town from which it talies its name, Aylesbury ducks should be quite the equals of the Pekins in market quality and in capacity for quick growth. In the hands of the American growers they have so far been decidedly inferior. Standard weights are : adult drake, 9 lbs.; young drake, 8 lbs.; adult duck, 8 lbs. ; young duck, 7 lbs. 350. Rouen Ducks have the same Standard weights as Aylesburys. In color they resemble the common colored ducks, thoug
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. 23S PO UL TR r- CRAFT. According to the descriptions of this breed as grown near the Enghsh town from which it talies its name, Aylesbury ducks should be quite the equals of the Pekins in market quality and in capacity for quick growth. In the hands of the American growers they have so far been decidedly inferior. Standard weights are : adult drake, 9 lbs.; young drake, 8 lbs.; adult duck, 8 lbs. ; young duck, 7 lbs. 350. Rouen Ducks have the same Standard weights as Aylesburys. In color they resemble the common colored ducks, though in well bf-ed stock the colors of the plum- age are clearer, and in the male more brilliant than is usual in common ducks. * Consider- able differences of opinion exist as to the merits of the Rouen duck. A result of the ac- knowledged superi- ority of the Pekins for the purposes of the duck farmer, has been to throw other varieties — no matter how many good qualities they Pig. 91. Rouen Ducks. (By courtesy of" Poultry," England). pOSSCSS into the shade. That good Rouen ducks are inferior to Pekins in vigor, prolificacy, capacity for rapid growth, or actual quality of meat, remains to be proved. The color of the Rouen is against it as a table duck. As the duck industry is principally the growing of ducks for the table and of stock from which to pro- duce table ducks, the Rouen never can be seriously considered a competitor of the Pekin ducks in economical duck growing. It is a duck for the fancier and for those who keep ducks for home use, and do not object to the dark pin- 351. Cayuga Ducks have the same standard weights as Pekins, but prob- ably average much lighter. They are classed as hardy, early maturing birds. ?Note.— Wright supposes the common colored ducks to be degenerate Rouens. would be more natural to think the Rouen a vastly improved common duck. It. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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