The Aylesbury Duck.
Aylesbuey ducks have 1- g.t>een consid ered by most breedeis of this class of fowls,' as standing at the head, all i things being taken into account, a3 the best r variety of ducks known. Their distinctive- characteiistic3 consist of a plumage of unspotted whito, a pale flesh-coloured bill, a dark* prominent eye, orange legs, stately carriage, prolificness, and excellent quality aswnarket birds. The weight of the grown fowls averages, if properly fed, from ten to -twelve pounds a pair (duck and drake)- The ducks often weigh eight or ten pounds oach. The ducks are prolific layers.- Instances have been known where thvee hundred eggs have been obtained from- two ducks in one year, besides which one of them pat twice and the other once during the time, the three nests giving thirty young duck?. It is also claimed for Aylesbury ducks that their consumption of food is less than other sorts, besides obtaining maturity at an early ago compired with common ducks, and being far moro marketable from their superior appearance Avhen plucked. The females are good sitters and excellent mothers.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 206, 11 June 1887, Page 4
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185The Aylesbury Duck. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 206, 11 June 1887, Page 4
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