Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, 2nd Edition
Breeds, Care, Health
2nd Edition
Published on 19. January 2011
336 pages
978-1-60342-745-6 (ISBN)
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With in-depth information on feeding, housing, behavior, and health care, this comprehensive guide also provides proven strategies for creating a profitable business plan and marketing your products. Whether you're about to acquire your first ducks or are interested in experimenting with rare breeds, Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks will help you achieve your duck-raising goals.
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Dave Holderread, author of Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, has raised ducks for nearly 50 years. He and his wife have established one of the largest genetic stocks of domestic waterfowl in the world on their farm in Oregon, and their ducks have won numerous championships at regional and national shows. Holderread teaches in vocational poultry programs throughout North America.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- 1 Why Ducks?
- Duck Attributes
- Some Points to Consider
- 2 External Features and Behavior
- Fundamental Duck Anatomy
- Behavior
- 3 Choosing the Right Duck
- Important Considerations
- Useful Terminology
- Breeds of Ducks
- 4 Bantam Breeds
- Bantam-Raising Hints
- Australian Spotted
- Call
- East Indie
- Mallard
- Silkie Duck
- Miniature Silver Appleyard
- 5 Lightweight Breeds
- Bali
- Campbell
- Dutch Hook Bill
- Magpie
- Runner
- Welsh Harlequin
- 6 Mediumweight Breeds
- Ancona
- Cayuga
- Crested
- Orpington
- Swedish
- 7 Heavyweight Breeds
- Appleyard
- Aylesbury
- Muscovy
- Pekin
- Rouen
- Saxony
- 8 The Importance of Preserving Rare Breeds
- How You Can Help
- 9 Hybrid Ducks
- Heterosis
- Hybrids
- 10 Understanding Duck Colors
- Basic Genetics
- Mallard Derivative Colors
- Muscovy Colors
- Nonstandard Varieties
- 11 Acquiring Stock
- Production-Bred Stock vs. Standard-Bred Stock
- Options for Acquiring Stock
- How Many?
- 12 Incubation
- Hatching Eggs
- Care of the Broody Hen
- Multiple Broods
- Artificial incubation
- Incubation Requirements
- Candling
- The Hatch
- Removing ducklings from the incubator
- Help-outs
- Incubator Sanitation
- 13 Rearing Ducklings
- Basic Guidelines
- Natural Brooding
- Artificial Brooding
- Yards and Pastures
- Water
- Nutrition
- Feeding Programs
- Niacin Requirements
- Green Feed
- Grit
- Feeders
- Managing Broiler Meat ducklings
- Producing Lean ducklings for Meat
- Sexing Ducklings
- Marking Ducklings
- Brooding Ducklings with Other Birds
- 14 Managing Adult Ducks
- Basic Guidelines
- Housing
- Swimming Water
- Drinking Water
- Raising Ducks on Salt Water
- Nutrition
- The Laying Flock
- Selecting Breeders
- Catching and Holding Ducks
- Distinguishing the Sex of Mature ducks
- Clipping Wings
- Reducing Manure Shoveling
- 15 Understanding Feeds
- Main Dietary Stages of Ducks
- Types of Feeds and Supplements
- Texture of Feed
- 16 Butchering
- When to Butcher
- Plucking (Picking)
- Singeing
- Skinning
- Eviscerating
- Cooling the Meat
- Packaging and Storing Meat
- 17 Health and Physical Problems
- Categories of Health and Physical Problems
- Biosecurity
- Working with Your Veterinarian
- Diseases Physical Disorders, and Parasites
- Pullorum-Typhoid Blood testing
- Postmortem Examination
- 18 Showtime
- Kinds of Shows
- Who Can Show?
- What Can Be Shown?
- How Are Ducks Entered?
- Selecting Show Ducks
- Preparing Ducks for Exhibition
- Transporting Ducks to Shows
- Care at the Show
- Showroom Etiquette
- Interpreting Judging
- General Show Hints
- Appendixes
- A. Mixing Duck Rations
- B. Symptoms of Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies in Ducks
- C. Predators
- D. Duck Recipes
- E. Using Feathers and Down
- F. Duck Breeders and Hatchery Guide
- G. Sources of Supplies and Equipment
- H. Organizations and Publications
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