Breed ducks mullard: reviews, photos and recommendations for growing

Recently, Russian farmers and owners of household plots engaged in breeding poultry have become increasingly popular ducks of the breed mullard. Reviews about this hybrid are only excellent. And this despite the fact that he can not give offspring.

Ducks mullard are a mixture of two widely distributed species - musk and Peking. The bird is highly productive and very simple to care for. But, of course, to observe certain technologies while breeding it still follows. Below in the article and understand what are ducks mullard (reviews and photos, description) and how to properly take care of them.

Advantages of the breed

Musk ducks are valued by farmers primarily for cleanliness and relatively calm disposition. Meat from the bird of this breed is delicious and completely low-fat. However, musk ducks have one rather serious drawback: they are very slowly gaining weight. The Peking breed is well known to all owners of household plots. It is this duck that is bred in most cases in villages and suburban areas. The main advantage of this breed is fast weight gain. However, all farmers, without exception, regard the Peking ducks as extremely unscrupulous and too loud. In addition, the meat they have, in the opinion of the overwhelming majority of poultry owners, is too fat.

Ducks mullard combine all the positive characteristics of parent breeds and are absolutely devoid of their shortcomings. According to many owners of household plots, with proper care, this bird is gaining weight faster than early maturing Peking. Accuracy is also what the ducks of a mulberry characterize. Reviews about this bird from farmers are good, including because it is absolutely noiseless. In addition, the mulberries also have unusually tasty meat - lean and juicy.

Short description

In appearance, the mullahs are similar to both Peking ducks and musk deer. But they have more body weight than each parent breed. Among other things, the characteristic signs of mullards include:

• An elongated massive trunk;
• Yellow legs:
• Long neck.

The color of this hybrid can be either dark or light. But most often mullahs have plumage of white color and a characteristic black "cap" on the head.

Features of behavior

According to all farmers without exception, the hybrid is completely problem-free. Although ducks mullards (reviews of owners of household plots allow to judge them as one of the quietest breeds), they know how to fly a little, they do not need to cut their wings as musky, they do not need to. The weight of this bird is considerable. And therefore, through the fence, she can not fly in any case.

Contain mullards usually by floor method. In dowries for the winter, these ducks are not left. They can not give birth to offspring, it is inadvisable to keep them for fattening for more than three months.

How profitable to grow

Ducks of the breed mulard reviews deserved good, and they would surely be wanted by many gardeners and farmers. However, there are such chicks, unfortunately, quite expensive. Not all farmers can afford to buy them in large quantities. But if you want, you can find a fairly simple way out of this situation.

Many farmers who want to grow mulberries, for starters, just get a few musk drakes and a dozen two Peking ducks. Crossing these breeds at home, you can easily get their own quality mulberries. The only thing to be taken care of, if we take this hybrid home, is that there should not be musk ducks on the farmstead. Otherwise, drakes of this breed will simply not pay attention to the pekinok.

The weight of the duck mullard, reviews about which in this respect are very good, they recruit almost instantly. And forage, according to many owners of household plots, they spend quite rationally - on the increase in meat, not fat. By the age of 2-2,5 months. With proper care these birds gain up to 3.5-3.6 kg. At this time, they usually produce them slaughter. Longer these ducks, like any other, to keep inappropriate. The fact is that after three months the speed of weight gain in this poultry slows down, but it starts a lot. In addition, at this time the ducks have a juvenile molt. If you kill a bird after the end of this process, on its carcass will be a lot of hemp, as a result of which it will lose its presentation.

Ducks mullard: reviews of farmers

Of course, the opinion of this breed, since it is very convenient in the content, and surpasses many other varieties in terms of productivity, the poultry breeders have developed very good. The costs of breeding mullards pay off very quickly. Most farmers believe that this bird, in addition to its unpretentiousness and productivity, has one more important advantage. As the meat is delicious, it is very easy to implement. Carcasses of ducks of this breed are readily bought by ordinary citizens, as well as by cafes or restaurants.

How to equip the house

The room for ducks of this breed suits only light and dry. In the shed you need to equip more windows. Three ducks should have at least 1 m ^{2 of} free space. Floor in the poultry experienced farmers are advised to close a thick layer of straw litter. Insulate the shed and arrange ventilation in it should only be for year-round breeding of ducks in large quantities. In any case, the air temperature in the poultry house should not fall below 16-18 ° C, and humidity - 60%.

Of course, in the barn, you should arrange a trough-trough. Daily bathing is also what is required for hybrids such as mullards. Cultivation (reviews about such ducks, as already mentioned, good, including because of their unpretentiousness), this breed is possible even in the absence of a natural reservoir on the site. All that needs to be done to make the mullards feel comfortable is to install large tanks filled with water. This duck will be enough. Actually, the paddock is equiped directly next to the poultry house, use as a fencing grid-rabitsu.

Features of feeding

So, for the farm, ducks of a mulberry were acquired. What to feed (reviews about these hybrids are good, including because they are not too gluttonous) young growth is, of course, the first question that farmers ask themselves. The answer to it is simple. In large farms and poultry farms at first, ducklings are given special starting mixed fodders. Owners of homesteads feed kids often just curd and egg. Also, the chicks are given kashki from millet and rice. Their experienced poultry farmers are advised to throw directly at the ducklings. Thus, chicks can easily be taught to eat themselves. The fact is that moving food ducks perceive much better.

Three-day chicks can already begin to give greens. Later (after about 10 days), the cooked potatoes are introduced into the ration of the toddlers. After a while, the menu includes vegetables and root vegetables. Beets are considered a very useful food for ducks of this breed. However, give it to the bird carefully. The fact is that this root vegetable weakens the intestine. Carrots can be fed in large quantities. And both fresh and boiled.

It is necessary to include in the diet of ducklings products containing animal and vegetable protein. Mashanks from root vegetables and greens need to add back and cottage cheese. Also in the diet of ducks of mulberries must be present mineral and vitamin supplements. In addition to the barnacles, the bird should receive steamed grain (wheat, corn) or boiled porridge. In order to save a little on the feed, durum can be mixed into the duck grains. A very useful additive for these birds is considered to be baker's yeast. They should be given in the amount of 1 g per head daily.

Drinkers of ducks should always be full. Firstly, this bird drinks a lot, and secondly, after eating, it inevitably rinses the stuffed nose.

Recommendations for incubation

Thus, in feeding relatively unpretentious mullahs. Breeding at home (reviews about the breed are good and because of the almost 100% survival rate of the young) - it's also not too difficult. To obtain ducklings of this breed, you just need to cross Peking ducks with musk ducks. Many farmers and owners of suburban areas believe that, if desired, you can do the opposite. However, when crossing Peking drakes and musk ducks, hybrids are less productive. This should be borne in mind.

If the mulberry duck is supposed to be planted in large quantities, it is certainly better not to lay the eggs under the hen, but to incubate. Get young in this breed by artificial means even a beginning farmer can. To incubate the chicks of this hybrid, according to many owners of household plots, is much easier than, for example, the same chickens. Good hatchability is also what the mulberry ducks are characterized by. Photos (reviews about this hybrid are remarkable also because of its young growth is different in strength and health) the chicks hatching in the incubator are presented below. As you can see, this process in many cases is quite successful. But on the one hundred percent hatchability in the incubator, of course, it is still not worth counting. If from the laid-off hundred eggs 60 healthy ducks hatch - this is already a very good result.

Experienced farmers believe that the most favorable time for obtaining mulberry chicks is April-June. The most suitable age for musk drakes and peking is 7-10 months. Eggs for incubation can be harvested within one week. Keep them in a cool place. Actually, the very incubation is carried out in the usual regime for duck eggs.

How to care for hatched chicks

Breeding mulberries, reviews of which are excellent, will be successful, of course, only subject to the technology of care for young animals. After hatching, the ducklings are usually left in the incubator before drying. Then they are transferred into a box. Since dampness to small chicks is contraindicated, a lattice bottom is pre-arranged in it.

For a large number of ducklings, it is advisable to use a brooder instead of a box. The frame of this device can be assembled from a bar, and the lining is made of plywood and polycarbonate. Inside it is necessary to place a special heating lamp for the brooder. You can buy it, for example, in a pet store. To hang a lamp follows in such a way that the ducklings are not burned, and inside the brooder there would be at least one shaded corner.

Heating in the box is arranged the same way. Only in this case use a conventional incandescent lamp. Of course, in the box or brooder should be placed feeders and drinkers.

Recommendations for the care of young animals

Three weeks after hatching the mulareths can be transferred to the barn. When fattening for meat, this bird is usually kept by the floor method. In the morning it is let out for a walk, and in the evening they drive back into the barn. Ducks mullard, reviews of which are excellent, including because of their unpretentiousness, like any other waterfowl, love to swim. Allow them to swim and dabble in the containers installed in the vagina, however, only from the age of two months - after they have fully fledged.

Feed ducks preferably 3 times a day - in the morning, at lunch and in the evening. The birds are killed in 2.5-3 months.

Fat fattening

We examined the basic information about such birds as mulberry ducks (growing at home, reviews). The opinion of this hybrid is good not only because it has tasty meat. Gourmets are very appreciated and the liver of this bird. From it in restaurants prepare a special dish, called foie gras. In particular, it is popular in France. But in Russia this dish is also appreciated and is quite in demand. Fattening of ducks of mulberries for the production of high-quality liver is carried out according to a special technology.

In the first three weeks of life, care for chicks is carried out in the usual way. Then the bird is placed in cages, the size of which should be such that it can not move much. Feed grown young growths on the liver, food containing a very large number of proteins and starch. Include in the diet and special mineral and vitamin supplements.

From the 8th to the 10th day of life, the ducks are forcibly fed, pushing food into the pharynx with a special auger with a tube. For a day, a mullard grown on such a technology should receive not less than 1.8 kg of grain. The forced fattening usually lasts 12-21 days. At such maintenance the liver at a bird grows in 10 times more usual sizes. However, it does not lose its excellent taste qualities.

Thus, ducks of the breed mullard, reviews about which are positive, including because of their liver, - the bird for breeding is actually very profitable. Of course, their content by the technology described above - the procedure is rather complicated and can take a lot of time. However, all efforts in this approach are usually rewarded with a hundredfold. Liver mulberries are rented in expensive restaurants, and it is very expensive.

Diseases

Strong health is also what a domestic duck mullard is characterized by. Reviews about this breed are good, including because it is very resistant to all sorts of infections. In this regard, the mullards usually do not get any trouble from their masters. Even the cold and severe temperature drops they carry quite calmly.

Rarely, but still it happens that these ducks get aspergillosis or cloacite. In the first case, a solution of copper sulfate (inside) is used for treatment, in the second - iodine and zinc ointment.

Conclusion

As you can see, ducks are mulberries, growing at home (farmers' comments in this case speak for themselves) which - the procedure is not too onerous, the bird is actually productive in terms of keeping meat, and the liver is profitable. Of course, the ducklings of this breed are not cheap (about $ 1.5 apiece). However, the benefits of their breeding can get a lot. Especially if the ducklings are incubated right on the farm.