Realistic egg production from various breeds

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

What ppl dont realize is one strain of peken might lay 100 eggs a year and another 300. Environment plays a good part but so does genitics. The egg counts that hatcheries list are not guestimates, that's on average what their ducks will produce. Some hatcheries like metzers give two numbers which represent natural and artificial light.

Hadn’t thought of that, that dif hatcheries would have different genetics and therefore have different results

 

[Ratchnick]

Hadn’t thought of that, that dif hatcheries would have different genetics and therefore have different results

Holderreads has been refining their saxony line for i think about 30 years their production is 190 to 280.

Metzers says
Saxony 110 to 175 (typical for this breed)

It does not cost one penny more to raise superior stock.