dual purpose ducks?

[ajlynco]

Are there breeds of ducks that are raised for eggs and meat, like chickens? If so, what are the best dual purpose breeds?

 

[grawg]

Off the top of my head I would say welsh harlequins, buffs, and silver appleyards. Don't have any personal experience with any of those breeds so I can't help you much with how well them perform.

 

[StevenW.]

Swedish, Buff, Cayuga, Ancona, Silver Appleyard, Saxony, Pekin, Crested, Rouen, Runners, Khaki Campbells.

That's all I can think of at the moment.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

To tell ya the truth.... Rouens! They are the best dual purrpose I have had. My hen laid VERY well this year... For first year...

 

[Oregon Blues]

If you want a lot of eggs plus a lot of meat, go with the Silver Appleyard.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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X2 never have had the breed. But according to the "storeys guilde to raiseing ducks" the silver appleyard is the best!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

X3 our SA aren't even full grown yet and are HUGE! Great foragers, easy to put up at night. Looking forward to egg laying from them. We have 2 exta drakes about to be processed with the roosters this next weekend.

P.S.

Hubby just added French white Scovy for meat birds as well.

 

[AuroraSprings]

I second Anconas, ours lay about 260-280 XL-Jumbo eggs/yr. The drakes dressed out at about 3-4lbs, but we are working on increasing that. The flavor of the meat was absolutely divine!

 

[BrothersBirds]

I would say that appleyard are best I never never ate one but I have raised muscovy for meat and put my appleyards in with them and they grew fast. I know that my appleyards lay a lot too.

 

[Ratchnick]

Golden cascades from holderreads, over 300 eggs a year, my drake is 9 lbs