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First of all, this breed is lauded by chefs globally as being the tastiest duck today. While primarily a meat bird, you can expect a fair amount of eggs from the Duclair duck, averaging over 100 yearly. The eggs they gift to us are different shades of gorgeous green and creamy to stark white. The Duclair duck has a traditional coloring, but we have invested heavily in a pure white strain to ensure beautiful birds for the table, as white feathers leave you with much cleaner looking skin, perfect for crisping. They grow as quickly as a Pekin, reaching 5-6 pounds as young as 7 weeks. This means less time, labor, and feed invested in a roast duck dinner.
The Duclair duck is an all around great duck, with hefty bodies, plenty of duck fat, and the eggs are exceptional and rich, making them beautiful for baking or pickling, and they're amazing poached under hollandaise in an egg's Benedict breakfast. We offer hatching eggs, and ducklings seasonally, but they lay well during the winter if you need some eggs to take your holiday baked goods to the next level of luscious.
Being a type of Rouen duck, these resemble the body types of Swedish ducks. They were named for the town of Duclair in Normandy, France, and were written into standard in November of 1923. The Duclair came about from interbreeding domestic and migratory ducks, giving them their original mallard appearance with a single white feather on each wing.
We wet our feet in the waterfowl world with Khaki Campbell breed. As a substantial breed for both meat and eggs, we thought they'd be a nice fit. Wrong! Ducklings are gross, and we gave them up before they were even old enough to hit the run. We're not big fans of defeat, so we tried again with another breed, Swedish ducks. Beautiful and blue, they made blue, black, and splash/silver offspring, and before we knew it, the waterfowl run was littered with ducklings. Now that we knew how to make ducks work on our land, it was time to sell off the swedes, and go on the hunt for a dreamy breed, the Welsh Harlequin. While they grew to an acceptable weight while maintaining egg production, they took ages to grow out. Plus the Welsh Harlequin is just a color mutation of the Khaki Campbell breed, so their personalities were just as lacking for us as our very first duck breed. We had to move on to a more efficient and enjoyable breed. Enter the French Duclair, and we had our forever duck breed.
Quick Stats:
Weight: 6-8+ pounds
Eggs: 200 pale green and white eggs yearly
Weather Tolerance: Hardy in most climes
Temperament: Non-aggressive, excellent foragers
Origin: Normandy, France
Defects: No written standard
White Duclair Ducks
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