Question on Ducks

[protodon]

duckfat that duck breast looks quite substantial and delicious! That's all I ask for! If I can get that out of a pekin I've be find. I never took food away from my ducks. I kept them penned and I always kept their food filled. Towards the end I did start feeding them whole corn as well because I wanted more fat. I thought I got plenty of fat but my mom, who bought a grocery store duck a few months before I butchered my ducks, said my ducks were much much leaner. I'm wondering if it's the stock I got. I ordered from ideal and had 2 get 2 shipments because most in the 1st shipment didn't make it. Maybe those weren;t the best for meat? Which is unfortunate since I kept a pair as breeders. But the male pekin is bigger than all my other ducks male or female.

I think next year I will just have to try both muscovy and pekins, raise them to 12 weeks and see which I prefer. I posted about breeding moulards some months back and got good info on it but I just don't have the space for a muscovy drake and a few more pekin hens for something that has a really low chance of success.

 

[duckfat]

Protodon, our breeding stock came from Welp hatchery. A duck breast will ball up when cut up and sauted, and look thicker than if it were just whole roasted. Here is a good page on preparing a duck breast from Maple Leaf Farms. They have a video on how to cut up a whole duck (deboning a duck).

http://www.mapleleaffarms.com/48