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Aylesbury
The Aylesbury duck derives it's name from the town of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, where it was bred as a table duck to supply the London market in the eighteenth century. The Aylesbury duck was a leading waterfowl exhibit in the first national poultry show held at the London zoological gardens in June 1845. This was the beginning of live poultry exhibitions, and it was the Victorian stress on size that led to the development of the modern Aylesbury duck with its pronounced keel and long pink bill which are a must for exhibition birds.
The Aylesbury is a heavy duck with the drakes weighing 4.5-5.4kg(10-12lbs) and the ducks weighing 4.1-5.0kg(9-11lbs). The females are not very good layers only producing 80-100 eggs per year.
Aylesbury duck (left) and drake (right)
Blue Swedish
The Blue Swedish emerged as a breed in northern Europe during the nineteenth century. The Blue Swedish is a heavy utility bird with the ducks averaging around 150 eggs a year and the extra drakes fattening well for the table. When breeding exhibition Blue Swedish you can expect to produce three different colours of offspring, the blue, black and the silver.
The blue Swedish is classed as a heavy duck, with the drakes weighing: 3.6kg (8lb), and the ducks: 3.2kg (7lb). The colour of the Blue Swedish should be a solid blue on the body with two white primaries.
The drakes are very active in the breeding season so it is advisable to keep one male with at least two or three females.
Aylesbury
The Aylesbury duck derives it's name from the town of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, where it was bred as a table duck to supply the London market in the eighteenth century. The Aylesbury duck was a leading waterfowl exhibit in the first national poultry show held at the London zoological gardens in June 1845. This was the beginning of live poultry exhibitions, and it was the Victorian stress on size that led to the development of the modern Aylesbury duck with its pronounced keel and long pink bill which are a must for exhibition birds.
The Aylesbury is a heavy duck with the drakes weighing 4.5-5.4kg(10-12lbs) and the ducks weighing 4.1-5.0kg(9-11lbs). The females are not very good layers only producing 80-100 eggs per year.
Aylesbury duck (left) and drake (right)
The Blue Swedish emerged as a breed in northern Europe during the nineteenth century. The Blue Swedish is a heavy utility bird with the ducks averaging around 150 eggs a year and the extra drakes fattening well for the table. When breeding exhibition Blue Swedish you can expect to produce three different colours of offspring, the blue, black and the silver.
The blue Swedish is classed as a heavy duck, with the drakes weighing: 3.6kg (8lb), and the ducks: 3.2kg (7lb). The colour of the Blue Swedish should be a solid blue on the body with two white primaries.
The drakes are very active in the breeding season so it is advisable to keep one male with at least two or three females.
