Poultry (Duck) farm in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Duck farming
Duck farming is very popular and a lucrative business. All ducks of world comes from the wild birds. Those wild birds wonder around our country once upon a time. Those birds like other Asian wild birds wonder around the water and forest of our country. Those wild birds are from mallard species. Incidentally, all hen of the world comes from red wild hen, which scientific name is garaus banbinda. Everyone knows that duck is an aquatic organism. Duck without water and pond without fish are considered as same. But it is wrong. You can’t imagine pond without water, but duck can be raised without water. Thousands of ducks can be raised without water by keeping them in house like chickens and other poultry birds. But, keep in mind that in this system the ducks will lays unfertilized egg. It is not possible to hatch and produce baby ducks from this egg. If you want fertilize egg, male ducks and water is essential. As ducks can rise easily without water, they need water only for reproduction or mating purposes.
Advantages of Duck Rearing
There are a number of advantages of duck rearing over chicken or other poultry birds. They are the following.
1. Ducks lay on an average 40-50 more eggs than the layers of chicken.
2. Duck eggs are about 15to 20 grams heavier than chicken eggs.
3. They require less care and attention compared to other birds.
4. They are good foragers and are able to meet part of their feed requirements.
5. Ducks have longer economically laying period than chicken.
6. They are hardy and more easily resistant to many avian
7. Ducks flourish well in marshy and wet land where most other domestic animals can not survive.
8. Ducks are free from cannibalism and other objectionable tendencies.
9. Ducks lay their eggs before 9.00 a.m. and hence egg collection is easy for the keeper.
10. They are easily trained to manage themselves.
11. They live longer than chicken.
12. They are suitable to integrated farming systems such as duck cum fish farming, duck cum pig cum fish and duck cum kitchen garden.
13. They are resistant to a number of diseases that are usually found among chicken.
14. Ducklings are easily sexed compared to chicks.
15. They are good predators of insect pests.
16. Ducks do not need elaborate housing