This paper introduces several muscovy ducks, why muscovy ducks are rarely raised, and what is the difference between muscovy ducks and ordinary ducks.
1. What is muscovy duck and how many kinds are there?
Muscovy ducks and ordinary domestic ducks belong to different species, also known as quail geese, musk ducks and red-billed geese.
Muscovy ducks are divided into white muscovy ducks, black muscovy ducks and black and white muscovy ducks:
1, white muscovy duck is white, the carapace is pink, the head sarcoma is bright red and thick, arranged in a chain, with light gray iridescence and orange feet.
2. Black Muscovy Duck is black with a dark green luster. Only in the main wing feathers or compound wing feathers, there are often a few white feathers, and the claws are mostly black.
3. The plumage of black and white muscovy ducks varies from black to white. The common back feathers are black, and there are different numbers of white feathers under the neck, wing feathers and abdomen, and the feet are dark yellow.
Second, why are muscovy ducks rarely raised?
Because the use period of muscovy ducks is not long, the use period of male ducks is generally around 1- 1.5 years. As the female muscovy ducks get older, their nesting ability will increase and their egg-laying ability will decrease, so few people raise them.
Muscovy ducks eat more and make more noise than chickens every day. They don't lay as many eggs as chickens, and duck eggs are not as expensive as eggs.
When raising chickens, you can find an open space for breeding. The breeding environment of muscovy ducks needs ponds, rivers and other places with water sources.
3. What's the difference between muscovy duck and ordinary duck?
Muscovy ducks and common domestic ducks belong to different species. Muscovy duck belongs to warty nose duck, and domestic duck belongs to mallard duck.
Muscovy ducks generally have three coat colors: white, black and black and white, and a few will be silver gray; The feathers of ordinary ducks are generally white, brown and sparrow-colored.
The shape of muscovy duck is very different from that of ordinary duck. Muscovy duck has an oval shape, a sharp front and a narrow back, a big head, a short neck, a short and narrow mouth, well-developed mouth and claws, a wide and plump chest and a slender tail. Domestic ducks have large buttocks, red or black skin tumors at the base of beak and on both sides of head muscles, and no feathers grow.
4. What should I pay attention to during the breeding of muscovy ducks? When the ducklings are 1 day old, the temperature of the feeding environment is required to reach 35℃, and then it will drop by 1℃ every day. When the ducklings are 20 days old or the temperature drops to 20℃, the temperature is removed.
Muscovy ducks discharge a lot of feces, which is easy to pollute duck houses. Special attention should be paid to the cleanliness of duck houses during the feeding process. If the weather is hot, the duck house should be washed with clear water more than twice a day.