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Friday, April 26, 2024
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മലയാളം
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Animal Husbandry > Duck
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Breeds
Khaki campbell for egg production and White pekin for meat are the other popular
breeds. Chara and Chemballi are the two duck breeds common in Kerala.
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Khaki Campbell
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White Pekin
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(Source: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds
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Origin of breeds
Khaki campbell
– Egg type parent stocks imported from U.K. These are proligic layers
which can give upto 300 eggs per laying cycle. These birds are very much suitable
for rural development programmes for sustainable economical development in rural areas.
Among the egg laying breeds, Khaki Campbell is the best producer. Individual egg
production of almost an egg a day in this breed for well over twelve months has
been recorded and flock averages in excess of 300 eggs per duck per year are not
uncommon. Khaki Campbell ducks weigh about 2 to 2.2 Kgs, and drakes 2.2 to 2.4 Kgs.
Egg size varies from 65 to 75 gms.
White pekin
– Meat type imported from Vietnam, suitably adopted for
Indian conditions. Pekins are known worldwide for their fast growth rate and good
meat convertibility. White Pekin is the most popular duck in the
world known for table purpose. It is fast growing and has low feed consumption with
fine quality of meat. It attains about 2.2 to 2.5 Kgs of body weight in 42 days
of age, with a feed conversion ratio of 1:2.3 to 2.7 Kgs.
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