Jumbo White Pekin

Photo Credit: Chookhead of Backyard Chickens
We will replace this image just as soon as we get a moment to get our photographer on the farm.

Price:

$6.00

Weight:

0.30 LBS

Shipping:

Calculated at checkout

Product Description

Jumbo White Pekin is presented the way we think livestock should be described: not only by color, but by usefulness, temperament, production and what the bird is actually like to keep on a homestead.

Why some boxes are not filled: We only publish quick-stat values when we have a reasonable source for the breed or when the information is documented in our own original listing. We would rather omit a number than copy an unsupported figure from another seller.

Breed & Line Notes

The Jumbo Pekin is our largest strain of Pekin. Commercial Pekin ducks are produced by crossing a male from a large, meaty strain of Pekin with a female Pekin from a medium sized, highly fertile good egg producing strain. With this cross you get a large number of ducklings from the female that grow into good sized birds because of the size of the male.

The Jumbo Pekin ducklings are from a pure male line. They are probably the largest Pekin you can get. For exhibition they are excellent for Meat Pens but do not have the special conformation necessary for show Pekins.

They have been bred for size and meat production, not the specialized standards of show Pekins. Please note our breeders do not look particularly large as they have been on a diet most of their life prior to egg production. By keeping them slim and trim we are able to increase egg production by at least 40% and fertility by 10%.

If they are not kept on a diet, the males reach at least 11 pounds and the females 9.5 pounds in three months.

What to Expect From Live Birds

Breed descriptions are a guide to the line, not a promise that every individual will mature identically. Egg production, mature size, temperament, color and breeding performance are influenced by genetics, age, season, nutrition and management.