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Pekin ducks may lay over 150 white eggs per year. [17]: 193 They are not good sitters, and eggs may need to be artificially incubated. [17]: 193 The American Pekin is sometimes kept for fancy and showing. [16] Show birds are often larger than commercial production stock. [2]: 94
Prize-winning Aylesbury duck (front) and drake (rear), 1873. The Aylesbury duck is a breed of domesticated duck, bred mainly for its meat and appearance.It is a large duck with pure white plumage, a pink bill, orange legs and feet, an unusually large keel, and a horizontal stance with its body parallel to the ground.
The Pekin was intended to be a table bird, reared for its meat. In Germany it has not been kept for agricultural production since about the time of the Second World War, and is a show bird. [9] Ducks lay about 80 eggs per year; the eggs weigh approximately 80 g. [14]
Peking duck even played a role in global politics, with Chinese Premier Chou En-lai serving the dish to Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. Read more: The best places to eat in Las Vegas right now
As is the case with chickens, various breeds have been developed, selected for egg-laying ability, fast growth, and a well-covered carcase. The most common commercial breed in the United Kingdom and the United States is the Pekin duck, which can lay 200 eggs a year and can reach a weight of 3.5 kg (7 lb 11 oz) in 44 days. [34]
Place the duck breast side up on a broiling pan and cover loosely with foil to prevent burning. Roast the duck for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Remove the foil and roast for an additional 10 minutes, or ...
The RSPCA "Welfare standards for laying hens and pullets" indicates that the stocking rate must not exceed 1,000 birds per hectare (10 m 2 per hen) of range available and a minimum area of overhead shade/shelter of 8 m 2 per 1,000 hens must be provided. Free-range farming of egg-laying hens is increasing its share of the market.
The Silver Appleyard was created as a dual-purpose breed, reared both for meat and for eggs. Birds for the table may reach a weight of 3 kg at nine weeks; [11] ducks are good layers of white eggs, and may lay some 200–270 per year. [15]: 28 They are also kept for showing.