Egg and meat type duck - Chaohu duck

Chaohu Duck is mainly produced in the vicinity of Chaohu City, Anhui Province, including the Lancang River, Juchao, Feixi, Feidong, Wuwei and other places. The breed duck has the characteristics of strong physique, quick action, resistance to stress, strong foraging ability, etc. It is a good material for making inaction ducks and Nanjing ducks.

Appearance characteristics of medium body, body rectangular, well-proportioned and compact. The head and neck of the drake have plumes of dark green, shiny, brown feathers on the front and back, black stripes, a white belly, and black tails. Yellow, green, iridescent brown, orange, red, claw black. The female duck's plumage is pale brown and adorned with black fine patterns; the wings have blue-green mirror feathers; there are white or light yellow eyebrow lines above the eyes.

Production performance (1) egg production performance. The annual production of eggs is 160-180 eggs. The average egg weight is 70 grams. There are two types of white and blue eggshells, of which white eggs account for 87%. (2) growth rate and meat production performance. Adult ducks weigh 2.1-2.7 kg and females 1.9-2.4 kg. Meat ducks weighed 1.5 kg on 70 days and 2 kg on 90 days. The total net slug rate was 72.6%-73.4%, and the semi-net slump rate was 83%-84.5%. (3) reproductive performance. Female ducks are born 140-160 days of age, and the ratio of male and female ducks is 1:25 in early spring, 1:33 in Qingming, the fertilization rate of eggs is above 90%, the hatching rate of fertilized eggs is 89%-94%, and the useful life of male ducks is 1. Years, mother ducks 3-4 years.