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Duck Farming Business

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Introduction to Duck Farming

Duck farming is a part poultry farming systems.

However, there is the difference between duck
farming and poultry especially in habits and
habitats of duck farming in shelter & population.
Ducks can be raised for meat and eggs. In most
part of the world, duck ranks next to the chicken
in terms of egg and meat production.
Commercial duck farming is increasing as this
business has good potential to earn money egg
production. Ducks are hardy birds than chickens
and can easily adopt adverse climatic
conditions. One can think of starting a
commercial duck farming since ducks can feed
on agro-industrial wastes, swamp, and marshy
areas. These hardy birds can also survive in
regions where no other agricultural crops could
be grown and other livestock raised. Duck
farming business is very lucrative and profitable
business as there are many duck breeds
available around the world. For commercial
duck egg production and breeding, you must
have access to a water source for raising ducks.
Ducks can survive without water, however, they
need the water pond kind thing for fertile egg
laying and mating. You must build a pond with
water for commercial duck farming. In
upcoming section, let us discuss, more about
how to raise ducklings and breed management
of commercial duck farming and duck rearing
systems.

Benefits and Advantages of

Duck Farming

Why should we go for duck farming? well, there

are many advantages of starting a duck farm.
Ducks can be raised both on a commercial scale
and small scale for production of eggs and
meat. Ducks are easy to raise with other animals
in your backyard. It is really fun to raise
ducklings at your home. The following are some
of the advantages of duck raising.

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Housing: You no need to provide expensive

shelter and these birds can survive even in
huts made with locally available materials.
Basically, duck house can be built with low-
cost materials.

Care and Management: As we said earlier

these are hardy animals and they can be
raised in any adverse conditions. Women and
old people can able to manage the duck farm
without any problems. Daily care and
management are less compared to any other
poultry birds.

Care for Egg Collection: You can expect the

birds laying eggs only in the early morning
and night times, in rear cases in the daytime.
There is no need to have a special attention of
egg collection.

Space Requirement: Ducks need less space

and their brooding time (sitting on eggs for
hatching) is less. Ducklings grow at faster
rates compared to other birds. So they occupy
less space.

Diseases Resistant: Ducks are hardy and

disease resistant birds. You can find very few
diseases in duck farming.

Feed Availability: Ducks can feed on any

edibles. You need to buy expensive feed. They
love to eat bugs, snails, fungi, kitchen waste
like vegetables, rice. Nutritious feed like corn,
legumes, and other grains will increase the
egg size and production rate. They can feed
on land in the water as well. In India, ducks
are fed in paddy fields after the harvest where
they can feed on paddy grains. This will result
in excellent egg production.

Controlling Bugs: Ducks are wonderful

birds to clear any insects and snails. You can
allow them for couple of hours into your
backyard or garden to feed on these

Mortality Percentage: The main advantage

of duck farming is that they lay eggs for a
long time and you find less mortality rate in
ducks.

Demand for Ducks Products: There is a huge

demand for duck eggs especially in rural
areas. People also duck meat after chicken
meat. With a proper duck farming business
plan, commercial duck farming is a profitable
venture.

Local Employment Creation: If you are

planning for commercial duck farming
business, you need some permanent labor
and seasonal labor. It does not require any
skilled labor, however, helps in improving the
livelihoods of poor.

Duck Farming / Raising Systems

Ducklings.

Backyard system of duck raising: Under this

type of rearing system, inexpensive bamboo
baskets are used and after egg collection the
ducks, the birds are allowed to feed on an
open field and play around any water source.

An extensive system of duck raising: In this

system of raising, duck eggs are collected in
the morning. The ducks are allowed for
outdoor feedings like in paddy fields or any
wild waters.

An intensive system of duck raising: In this

system of raising, ducks are fed on standard
rations during daytime and given the access
to water source. It is nothing but stall-fed
raising system of ducks.

Some Facts About Duck Raising

Age of first laying: 4 months.

Egg production per year: 300 to 320.

The weight of eggs 40 weeks: 65 to 70 grams.

Body weight of ducks at 40 weeks: 1.5 to 2 kg.

Feed consumption of ducks/day: 150 to 16

grams.

Mortality percentage of ducklings (0 to 2

months): 2.5%.

Mortality of adult ducks (5 months to one and

half year): 5 to 6%.

Duck Breeds for Commercial

Duck Farming

Some duck breeds are suitable for meat

production and some are for egg production.
However, there are dual purpose duck breeds as
well. Select the proper duck breed based on
your business objective.

Duck breeds for Egg Production:

Indian runner ducks.

White and Grayish Indian runner ducks.

Khaki Campbell ducks.

Duck breeds for Meat Production:

Maskovi ducks.

Aylesbury ducks.

Sweden ducks.

Ruel Kagua ducks.

Peking ducks.

Duck breeds for Meat and Eggs (Dual

purpose):
Khaki Campbell ducks.

Feed Management in Duck

Farming

In commercial egg production of duck farming,

feeding is the main task of getting better fertile
eggs. You can provide nutritious feed according
to duck breeds in your farm. Duck needs large
amounts of food than other poultry birds. The
number of egg production and duration of the
egg production depends on the input feed. They
can feed on any edibles, however, for
commercial egg production you need to provide
minerals/salts along with regular diet. Legume
grain feed works very well. The quantity of feed
supply depends on breed, bird age, and purpose
(egg layers or meat producers).

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Ingredients above age of
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Jowar (Ground) 35% 30%

Soybean cake 25% 30%

Wheat (Ground) 25% 25%

Rice bran
8% 5%
(Deoiled)

Fish meal 5% 5%

Mineral Mixture 2% 2%

Oyster shell
– 3%
(ground)

DL Methicinine 50 grams 50 grams

Magnesium
10 grams 15 grams
sulphate

Copper sulphate 1 gram 1 gram

Vitamins (A, B, D,
25 grams 25 grams
K)

Breeding in Duck Farming

Duck Raising (Pic source Wikimedia Commons).

Provide water pond or any other source of

water access for breeding, ducks will not
breed without water.

You can have 1 male duck for 10 female ducks

for breeding.

Usually, ducks attain maturity at the age of 5

to 6 months and ready for breeding.

Usually, each egg of ducks weighs about 55

grams to 60 grams.

Mostly hens are used to hatch the duck eggs.

It takes 4 weeks hen brooding to hatch the
eggs.

You can sprinkle the water on eggs once in a

while during the hatching period.

You can use incubators for hatching when

there are too many eggs to hatch.

Duck Diseases and Their Control

Here is the list of some common duck diseases

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Avian Cholera.

Colibacillosis.

Aspergillosis.

Duck Virus hepatitis.

Duck Plague.

Botulism.

Castor bean poisoning.

Rapeseed meal.

Riemerella anti pestiferous Infection.

You should ensure there won’t be any poisonous

bean plants, any other food in feeding areas.
Castor beans are poisonous for your duck. For
symptoms and control measures, contact your
veterinary professional.

Duck Housing / Shelter

Requirements in Duck Farming

Ducks need safe and secured housing whether

it is intensive or extensive raising system.

Build the shelter with any locally available

material.

Ensure proper cross-ventilation of the house

along with fresh air flow.

Each duck requires 2 to 3 square feet of floor

area.

The house can be built in high, low, dry and

wet areas. Ducks like wet and watery areas.

Provide both entry and exit points of the

house.

The duck house should be securely fenced to

prevent any external predators like wild dogs,
foxes.

Housing floor can be built with cement floor

with deep littering (paddy husk is good).

Make sure to have littering of 5 to 6 inches

depth as duck can lay the eggs on the floor.

Duck Farming Management Tips

It is recommended to use of wire mesh floor

during brooding period to prevent from
wetness.

You should always ensure enough clean

water is present in the house. Otherwise
ducks may be suffered with pneumonia.

Don’t allow newborn ducklings into the water

pond at least for 15 days of their birth. You can
provide shallow vessels of water in the house.

Always keep water vessels on wire plant to

avoid wet litter on the floor.

As ducks are more sensitive to aflotoxin,

eliminate GNC from the feed content.

The feed efficiency in duck farming is the best

up to 1 month. Subsequently it starts
declining. You can carry the culling from time
to time.

You should provide enough space fro your

ducks in the house, avoid overcrowding.

Avoid mould growth by feeding mesh in

smaller amounts 2 to 3 times.

Marketing

Duck Eggs.

Duck Eggs.

When you are ready to market duck eggs, they

should be cleaned with soft cloth and stored in
egg trays before sending to the market. If you
are using any boxes or baskets, place straw at
the bottom for cushioning.
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Last Updated: April 7, 2018 Author: Jagdish

24 COMMENTS

ramakanta naik July 4, 2018 At 6:29 am

Where can I sell my huge number of duck eggs?
Reply

agrifarming
July 10, 2018 At 7:45 am

Well, Duck market is very limited in

urban areas of India. The only way you
can sell duck eggs in Villages.
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Simukonda Maybin December 11, 2018 At 8:42 am

Am very grateful for the information shared and i
would like to hear more from you about duck
rearing….
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Pius February 14, 2019 At 12:59 pm

Good Day my fellow farmers

how a u doing

My ducklings die at age of 2-4 weeks, i have tried to

vaccinate but no change.

please advise me

thanks alot
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Akshay Kajarekar March 20, 2019 At 1:10 pm

We want to start a duck farm. We want duckling for
our farm near Pune.
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Francis S. Dorko August 5, 2019 At 9:29 pm

Thanks, this article is very helpful. I have a duck farm
in Liberia, West Africa
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K k k August 24, 2019 At 4:11 pm

Is any duck buyers for meat after we produce the
ducks. If any one knows the buyers please share the
details.
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Itumo Alfred June 2, 2020 At 9:51 pm

Thanks a lot for the information. Am planning to
have a duck farm.
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Nestogen Eroy July 27, 2020 At 10:17 am

Thank you very much for this information about
duck farming. Hoping you can help me more about
duck farming. I leave my name and my email ad.
God Bless…
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macoy lopez September 28, 2020 At 8:51 am

hi fellow farmers. May I ask if how many days will lay
eggs after feeding them duck pellets? thanks in
advance.
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Mamman Mohammed Yamta

March 22, 2021 At 3:05 am

Pls can I get some Indian breed of ducks to my

country. Due to restrictions for importing animals to
one country. Pls what is the possible ways to get
Indian varieties of ducks.
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Peter April 23, 2021 At 9:20 pm

This is my plan duck farming.
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Gloria May 20, 2021 At 8:00 pm

The article has been really informative to me. I have
been rearing 14 ducks that have given me no
ducklings so I now understand that apart from the
drinking water ,they need water pond as well as
good feeding. thank you so much for this
information.
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Barpung Basumatary June 1, 2021 At 3:34 am

Is There any body buying duck eggs.There is lot of
duck eggs in my house I am not able to sell in the
market I did not find any duck eggs buyer in my
near by location.
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Steven Taimbari August 30, 2021 At 7:47 am

Thanks after posting, it is very helpful I’m a
beginner.
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Elias September 5, 2021 At 5:20 pm

Its a profitable teaching to whoever wants to start a
duck farming! Keep on educating people!
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Harshit November 13, 2021 At 3:12 pm

Dear Sir,
I want to start a duck farming on large scale for egg
production, any one can give suggestion regarding
Duck Farming?
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ahmad December 19, 2022 At 3:28 pm

how can we buy duck from
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KP SREENATH November 25, 2021 At 7:39 pm

I live near Bengaluru Karnataka state. I wish to take
up duck meat farming in big scale.
Kindly suggest the buyers regularly with minimum
profit.
Central poultry Development organisation and
training institute near Bengaluru is not up to the
mark and due to thick skin officers.
I am grateful for information of duck farming and
marketing.
Reply

Hamid Aminu January 6, 2022 At 7:44 pm

I really got insight about duck farming thanks alot.
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Kankadri January 14, 2022 At 3:38 pm

Thanks a lot for knowledge sharing. Iam planning to
start a Duck farm and other live stock farming along
with agriculture. Looking for like minded people to
join me.
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James Kamari July 20, 2022 At 11:18 am

This is so amazing . Am to start this project on a
large scale here in Western Uganda for beef and
eggs for local kids to improve on their meals. I thank
you so much. God bless you.
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Edward Mandiwoma September 12, 2022 At 2:52 pm

I enjoyed your presentation. I have very big ponds
and doing fish farming. Can I also use the same
ponds for duck farming?
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Lugard January 30, 2023 At 12:43 am

Can I get investors to giant my duck FAM.I have a
great plan but with limited capacity
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