Peking duck (pedigree poultry)
The Peking duck (Anas platyrhynchos domestica) is a domesticated form of the mallard and the most common form of the domestic duck . Most of the ducks on sale are cultivated forms of the American Peking duck.
history
The origin of the Peking duck is Southeast Asia . In Asia, much emphasis was placed on the meat performance of a breed as well as on the laying performance. The duck was traditionally kept in carp ponds, with its excrement fertilizing the water, which encouraged the growth of small plants that served as food for invertebrates and small fish, which in turn fed the ducks.
Races
Both the German Peking Duck and the American Peking Duck are descended from imports carried out in 1872, but it is unclear whether they were different types or even breeds . The English and German breeders of Peking ducks attached particular importance to an upright posture, the American Peking ducks were selected for their profitability. Your posture is only slightly raised and slightly above the horizontal. In Europe Association for Small Animal Breeding both breeds are recognized. In America, however, no Germans and no American Peking ducks are recognized in England.
German Peking Duck
German Peking ducks have an upright posture and an angular body with a tucked back. This posture is an important distinguishing feature from other duck species. The Aylesbury duck , which resembles the Peking duck in plumage, has its back parallel to the ground. Peking duck's plumage is white, its short beak and feet are yellow. The skin is yellowish.
The German Peking ducks have not been kept for agricultural production since the middle of the last century, but have numerous enthusiasts in breeding poultry .
American Peking Duck
The American Peking duck is descended from nine Peking ducks that a captain of a clipper brought to the USA in 1873. The breed quickly gained importance as an economic breed and was traded in the USA as the so-called "Long Island Ducks". Compared to the British Aylesbury duck, the Peking duck has a higher laying performance. This results from a longer laying period and a lower tendency of the ducks to incubate the eggs. The Peking duck is also more fertile than the Aylesbury duck.
literature
- Janet Kear : Man and Wildfowl. T. & AD Poyser, London 1990, ISBN 0-85661-055-0 .
Web links
- Breed description duck: German Peking ducks . In: Central Documentation of Animal Genetic Resources in Germany (TGRDEU). Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
- Breed description: German Peking Duck . Society for the Preservation of Old and Endangered Breeds of Domestic Animals (GEH)
- The breed portrait: German Peking duck . Various initiatives for the conservation of old and endangered domestic animal breeds (VIEH)
- www.pekingente.ch: Information about the German Peking Duck
Individual evidence
- ^ The breed portrait: German Peking Duck. (No longer available online.) Diverse initiative for the conservation of old and endangered domestic animal breeds (LIVESTOCK), archived from the original on July 12, 2013 ; Retrieved May 2, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b American Peking Duck. (No longer available online.) In: mayer-eugen.de. Eugen Mayer, archived from the original on June 23, 2012 ; Retrieved on May 2, 2013 (description of the American Peking Duck, including a report by Paul-Erwin Oswald (in: Geflügel Zeitung 16/2004) and breed description from Standard). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.pekingente.ch: Information about the German Peking Duck
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