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PommernDucks/Pomeranian
Pommeranian
Ducks;;
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Egg Colour;
.....................white
..large
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Egg Numbers
.............100 /160
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Country Of
Origin;.........German Swiss
Borders
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Purpose;..........Eggs../
meat/utility
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Breed Hints....
Kept as trio or pair
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Weights; 5 to 6
pounds
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They were named after the main
breeding area, Pommerania, and have been bred
pure since the 1920's in Switzerland.
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The Pommeranian Duck weighs about. 2.3 to
2.7 kg; the drakes reach on average 3 kg. They are good
foragers and despite their size not lazy Besides laying
around 150 eggs per year, the young ducks are hardy in
most weathers and at eight to ten weeks ready forthe
table (males)
POMMERN
Ducks;....
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Mike & Sylvia Hatcher
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BERKSHIRE
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Tel 01488 638 014
hatcher579@btinternet.com
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Hicks Waterfowl World
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OSWESTRY
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Tel 01691 655 635
weekends
Tel 07818 036 118
weekdays
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Breed Specific Links;
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poulty/ducks/POMMERAN/
www.albc-usa.org/waterfowl/saxony_ducks.htm
mitglied.lycos.de/stefan_sk/d20b.html
http://www.strombergschickens.com/stock/
domestic_waterfowl.htm
Please note that photographs and text on this
site belong to the Domestic Waterfowl Club of Great Britain.
They should not be reprinted (commercially) without prior
permission but are freeely available for educational
purposes and can be printed up for classroom use; we do not
have printed fact sheets/booklets for sale etc but can
occasionally email uncompressed digital images.
email rosking@domestic-waterfowl.co.uk
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