when to eat ducks

[chookhead]

hey i have a pekin duck and its really fat now it doenst have its full feathers yet when should i eat it. its a male i want ti to bee tender i am curently feeding it high protien and high fat feed and it stuffs tiself until its crop is really close to the ground lol wow it eats

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Post a pic so we can see how big it is?

 

[chookhead]

kk i will try get one

 

[chookhead]

heres the foto of louie he is much cleaner when its not raining lol he is searching thru all the puddles for food lol h

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Hes cute. How old?

 

[chookhead]

i am not sure maybe a few months he hasnt fully feathered yet
do u want a pic from when he was much younger???

 

[chookhead]

this is louie when i first got him he is way to hypo for his size

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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He should be feathered out by a few months! Dont eat him till he is fully feathered, picking pin feathers is a pain in the butt.

 

[chookhead]

kk thnx shud i wait till winter because there much more fattier and thier meat will be tatier because they build reseves of fats around thier body to stay warm so wat u think ??

 

[DB_Tex]

I believe the magic number for pekin ducks is 10 weeks for first chance to process, if you pass that and they molt you have to wait until fully feathered again.