Ducks Raised For Meat

[Oregon Blues]

Happy dog, ducks are easier to pluck when they are fully feathered. They get their juvenile plumage, and that's a good time to butcher. Then they quickly start growing their adult feathers, so if you wait too long, there will be a lot of those new feathers in the pin feather stage to clean.

Once the adult plumage is in, again they are easier to pluck without the pin feathers.

 

[Oregon Blues]

Happy Dog, your Anconas will be lovely to eat.

Butcher days fall between 6 1/2 to 10 weeks. If you miss that, you can wait 6-10 weeks more for them to be fully feathered again. If you pick the duck up and feel on the breast, you can feel pin feathers if the duck has them.

 

[Tracydr]

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tracy, when you'll raise ducks, you'll feed the chickens to your dogs, i promice.

Yeah, but I have to convince a certain city boy that meat ducks are not pets.

 

[LN2008]

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Good to know.. I personally have never tasted duck.. so I have no idea which breed tastes the best... and you're right.. they aren't the cutest in the duck world.. lol

Start with this recipie.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/mighty-duck-recipe/index.html

Also try duck breast with a simple bitter cherry puree. Delicious.

 

[momofpets]

Does anyone know if duck poop is as smelly or smellier than chicken poop?