Bashkir ducks: breeding

Breed of the Bashkir duck got its name due to the breeders located in Bashkortostan breeding plant "blagovarsky". It is noteworthy that the process of withdrawal has not been targeted. The breed appeared in the course of breeding work to improve the performance of Peking duck, which began to appear mutant individuals.

Individual mutants showed a high disease resistance, good productivity and easy maintenance. Blagovarsky breeders decided to use an unexpected result, began to take the mutants and deliberately propagate them. As a result, they managed to achieve sustainable results in breeding a new breed, which received the official name "Bashkir colour duck". Ducks of this breed are considered ideal for cultivation in private household farms, but many large bred poultry farm "Bashkir".

Features of the breed.

The color of the Bashkir duck is of two types, identified by color – "black black" and "khaki". In addition, externally the species can be identified by muscular, large, widely spaced feet, a wide concave bill and flattened head. The main features of ducks of this breed is their simplicity, frost resistance, excellent performance and egg and meat productivity and high disease resistance. The live weight of an adult can reach 4 kg, while fat in the body almost none. With each individual comes out to 70% of live meat, having no peculiar smell and has a special tenderness. For 40 weeks of the life of the Bashkir able to sit through 200 to 230 eggs, weighing 80-90 g, the average hatchability of which when the content in the incubator is 78-80%.

Features of breeding and keeping

Bashkir colored ducks are early maturing breed, with the right content value to the meat ducks and drakes acquires after 52 days of cultivation. After this period of intense weight gain stops, and the ducks begin to molt. Contain adult individual in a household can be up to 4 months.

After the incubator has a new brood, it should be placed in specially-equipped, well-lit room or a cage. During the first 20 days in the premises for the maintenance of the ducklings should always be maintained at a temperature in the 30ºC. The floor must be lined with deep heat-retaining blanket. It is worth noting that the appearance of a brood do not have to use the incubator, Bashkir duck, with its strong maternal instinct, without any problems hatch the eggs yourself. After 20 days of detention ducklings room temperature can be lowered to 16-18ºC. Walking along with a brood hen is best done at any of the nearby pond. After 3 weeks content light day for calves should be reduced to 9-10 hours. In the food unpretentious Bashkir ducks, feed them any grain feed for poultry.