What strain are my ducks?

[marvun22]

They are from Metzer Farms.

 

[marvun22]

Anyone know? Would the strain just be Metzer Farms?

 

[Shikoba70]

??? confused

What ducks? There is no picture or description

 

[marvun22]

It's a standard Metzer Farms Pekin Duck. What would the strain be? It looks like your average duck. Here is what it looks like. It's not my actual duck, but mine looks just like it.


Mine look exactly like this.

 

[Shikoba70]

The strain of Pekin ducks we use is the Grimaud Hybrid Pekin, Strain 53. This is a fast growing, feed efficient duck. It is of 100% Pekin blood. It is called a hybrid as we cross males from their Line 50 with the females from their Line 30 to produce the commercial duckling we sell. The Line 50 ducks are a very large duck with outstanding meat characteristics. We sell from 5,000 to 12,000 ducklings per week of this strain for meat production. The Line 30 ducks are a good sized bird and lay a high number of fertile eggs.
This is from the Metzer website

 

[marvun22]

So just strain 53? Or something like "Metzer Farms Grimaud Hybrid Pekin." I hope not the second option, I can't fit that on the page.

 

[marvun22]

And what strain would these other ducks be: Buff Orpington Drake, Buff Orpington Duck, Rouen Drake, and Khaki Campbell Drake.

 

[marvun22]

help I need the answer by tommorow at 2 p.m.

 

[The Howards]

And what strain would these other ducks be: Buff Orpington Drake, Buff Orpington Duck, Rouen Drake, and Khaki Campbell Drake.

Based on the example of breed names you listed yours would be Pekin if it looks like the picture you posted. Drake is a male and Hen is a female so that part is sex specific.

 

[marvun22]

I know my Pekins are female. I just contacted Metzer's and they said that the other breeds didn't have strains.