Yes, ducks are good pets. Farmers grow duck livestock for obtaining down and meat products. Breeding ducks for eggs is rare. However, data on egg production, how much duck sits on eggs and when it starts to be carried, are important for planning reproductive efficiency and the number of herd stock.
If you create the ducks necessary living conditions, then they start to roll well. In this case, the owners sell excesses of egg products, which brings additional income. Usually a duck lays eggs in the spring time. With proper care, the egg lay of the female is up to 120 eggs per year. Domestic varieties of ducks begin to be carried when they are 140-160 days old.
Representatives of the duck tribe live to twenty years, but continue to sweep until the fifth or sixth year. The best indicators for egg production of ducks can be achieved in the second year of oviposition. Then the number of eggs is reduced by 5-10 percent.
To give fertilized eggs, the herd needs a male. For 4-6 ducks, one drake is put. Ducks are well ridden in a warm and dry place. Birds will survive and a little frost, but in the chicken, the temperature does not fall below plus 8 degrees.
Females are characterized by normal fatness. Do not overfeed them. It is important that at this time there was no molting, and the plumage was not disheveled. Color of the legs and beak – bright, orange.
