Dutch Hook Bills as layers

[Yellow House Farm]

Greetings! Does anyone have some solid information on Dutch Hookbills as layers?

Do they start up in the fall if hatched in, say, April?

Does anyone have any numbers for egg production?

Does anyone know egg wieght per dozen?

Do they all lay blue.green eggs?

How much to the eat?

Are they broody?

Are they fertile?


Thanks in advance for any support in this inquery.

Cheers!

 

[Wifezilla]

There are a couple of people on here raising hook bills. Hopefully they will stop by. From what I remember, they are season layers (spring - fall) and the eggs are blue-green. They will also go broody and can fly. Here is a web page on them created by Annarie.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/poultry-search.php?id=351

 

[dumb_cluck]

Dutch Hookbill: Small, active ducks with a distinctly different hook-shaped bill. There are three color phases: dusky, white and grey. They lay incredibly well, but don't seem to hatch well. They are too small to be considered a meat breed.

Names.Kromsnaveleend. Also known as Le canard a` Bec Courbe' in France/Belgium or Canard Sabreur. Curvirostra di Landsmer.. Kromsnaveleend, Krummschnabelenten in Latin Anatra Curvirostra
Country Of Origin;......... Netherlands
Carriage;. . a skinny Campbell with a 'concorde bill'
Purpose;...........Eggs.....exhibition
Egg Colour .....................blue ..large
Egg Numbers............. 100 /200
Breed Defects. .. . .dished bill
Incubation:.. . . . . . . 28
Breed Hints.... . . .Kept as trio or pair; due to rarity can be inbred if trouble breeding buy a new male from a different source. . . .Will only hatch if brooded. Do not respond well to incubators
Weights;. . 5 to 6 pounds

This Dutch light breed duck is a seasonal layer and is mainly kept for exhibition. Its eggs are blue. This breed adds to that coloration a white bib and two white primaries. It also appears in White. They weigh 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 pounds (2.3 to 2.8 kilos).

Its most outstanding characteristic is the strongly curved bill, which should continue the line of a semicircle started on the back of the skull.

Hookbills have been traced back to the 1600s. They were traditionally raised along the many canals in Holland.