Jun 28, 2011 · The Pekin breed today is the most popular commercial duck breed in the United states, with a round 95% of duck meat consumed in the US being Pekin. The Pekin is a very popular choice for meat production as it reaches 8-11 pounds in just 15-18 weeks.

Aug 24, 2010 · My ducks hatched out six babies (without my permission) about a month ago. The moms are fawn and white runners and dads are buff, rouen, and pekin. Two of them look exactly like my Pekin. Pure white, bigger than the others and you can't see any runner in there. Don't know how it will work with black though. Here are my babies.

Sep 10, 2012 · I know this is an older post, but I wondered if you ever figured out why your 'Pekin' had Swedish Ducks? Are you sure it is a Pekin. My avatar shows a white Black Swedish duck. 15% Of Swedish carry a recessive gene that shows white. I didn't believe it until she hatched out Black Swedish from her and a Khaki Campbell drake!

Oct 14, 2008 · I recently got some eggs from Chickie Mamma and hatched out 8 duckling. They are from a flock of pekin and cayuga running together. Chickie Mamma said that all the chicks she had ever hatched from them were yellow, black, or black with a yellow breast. I got 6 yellow, 1 black and this duckling...

Aug 28, 2018 · I'm thinking of adding some Pekin (or other large breed ducks) to my flock. When you cross a Muscovy drake with a large breed duck, like a Pekin, the offsping don't exhibit the gender size difference that Muscovy do and they grow a little faster. The only down side is Pekin aren't typically broody (I don't incubate) so maybe another large breed

Dec 11, 2019 · The Jumbo Pekin Duck is bred for size primarily and not for show. They are approximately 15-18 percent larger than standard white Pekins, and weigh about 9-13 pounds. Commercial Pekin ducks are produced by crossing a male from a large, meaty strain of Pekin with a female Pekin from a medium-sized, highly fertile good egg-producing strain.

Nov 27, 2022 · After butchering, Jumbo Pekin drakes can produce a lot of meat, as some weigh as much as 12 pounds. As jumbo Pekin females weigh up to 9 pounds on average, they can also produce a large amount of meat. Furthermore, Jumbo Pekin duck meat is tastier than that of other duck species, in addition to having high meat production capabilities.

Dec 22, 2016 · Muscovy - other duck breed crosses (including Pekin) are likely to be infertile, fyi. I tried quite a few times to cross a Muscovy drake over other females. But the eggs were consistently infertile; then I learned that while they can breed, they only have about 30% fertility if left to nature. I gave up after that. Congrats on the cross, very neat.

Nov 28, 2010 · I am getting my ducks soon and I am deciding on a breed. I LOVE Pekins, so I was going to get two, but I am worried about confusing them (We are getting two females)! And I was thinking about getting 1 Pekin, and 1 Black Runner duck From Metzer farms...

Apr 28, 2014 · Hi, Kelly, I have a pekin hen & rouen drake and I hatched 9 eggs in my incubator. They look more like rouens with wierd white striping around the neck (developing/showing later in the drakes) and all have wierd white feathers around the colored rouen wing feathers.