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Di Gao duck

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, First, the producing area of Digao duck is a large-scale meat duck introduced and bred by Digao Company of Australia. It was introduced into our country in the 1980s. The parents of this duck are raised on overseas Chinese Farm in Guangdong Province. In 1987, the parent generation of Digol duck was introduced into the duck breeding farm in Nanhai County, Guangdong Province, and the commercial generation duck was well received. Second, the appearance of the Digao duck is similar to that of the Beijing duck. The red feathers of the ducklings are yellow. After changing the young feathers, the feathers are white. Big head, thick neck, long back, wide chest, slightly longer body, chest

I. Origin

Digao Duck is a large-scale meat duck introduced and bred by Digao Company of Australia. It was introduced into our country in the 1980s. The parents of this duck are raised on overseas Chinese Farm in Guangdong Province. In 1987, the parent generation of Digol duck was introduced into the duck breeding farm in Nanhai County, Guangdong Province, and the commercial generation duck was well received.

II. Appearance features

The appearance of Digao duck is similar to that of Beijing duck. The red feathers of the ducklings are yellow. After changing the young feathers, the feathers are white. The head is a little longer, the neck is thick, the back is long and wide, the chest is wide, the body is slightly longer, the chest muscle is plump, the tail is slightly raised, the sexual finger feathers are 2-4; the beak is yellow, the tibia and web are orange-red.

III. Production performance

① egg production: the annual egg production is 200,230, the average egg weight is 88g, the eggshell is white. ② fecundity: the duck had a sexual maturity of 182 days and reached a peak at the age of 33 weeks, with an egg laying rate of more than 90%. The male-female mating ratio is 1 ∶ 5: 6, the fertilization rate is more than 90%, and the hatching rate of fertilized eggs is about 85%. Parents can provide about 160 young ducklings for each mother duck. ③ meat production performance: newborn ducklings weigh about 55 grams, 30-day-old ducklings weigh 1114 grams, 60-day-old ducklings weigh 2713 grams. The 7-week-old commercial meat substitute duck weighs 3.0kg, with a meat ratio of 1 ∶ 2.9 to 3.0; the semi-eviscerated slaughtering rate is about 92.86% and 94.04%, and the fully eviscerated slaughtering rate is 79.76% and 82.34%, respectively. The chest muscle weighs 273 grams and the leg muscle weighs 352 grams.

IV. Adaptability

The duck has strong adaptability and can maintain high production performance even under the condition of great changes in natural environment and feeding conditions. The duck is cold-resistant and heat-resistant, likes to live in dry land, and can mate naturally on land. It is a good duck species raised in captivity and net in the vast rural dryland.

 
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