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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: ukphil on March 01, 2010, 09:39:14 pm

Title: silver appleyard info wanted
Post by: ukphil on March 01, 2010, 09:39:14 pm

Hi, just a quick question. What age do silver appleyard start to breed
and how many fertile eggs a year is the norm?

Title: Re: silver appleyard info wanted
Post by: ukphil on March 02, 2010, 06:48:13 pm

Just got this email of a silver appleyard breeder,

Ducks usually start laying at about 6 months.  Although these eggs will be fertile, we don't normally hatch eggs until the following spring when the ducks will be getting on for one year old.

We usually get approx 180-220 eggs per bird per year - this reduces as the birds get older.