Description
Black Swedish Ducks are a very hardy, strong duck with good foraging ability and good for free range duck farming. The advantage of the Black Swedish over the Blue Swedish is that the Black Swedish breed true. If you mate a Black Swedish with a Black Swedish, all the progeny will be Black Swedish. The Black Swedish ducks were first imported into the USA in the late 1800s. The egg color of the Swedish Blue duck is white, green or blue tinted. The Black Swedish ducks are slow to mature but make a good meat duck, and a moderate egg layer, but don't do well in confinement. Sometimes the Black Swedish ducks are quite a noisy breed. The Black Swedish ducks have a loud yelling type quack while the drakes have a quieter quack. Blue Swedish duck plumage is a uniform bluish slate with some feathers laced in a darker shade. They carry some white on their wings and breast, and drakes are slightly darker than ducks. Black Swedish duck purpose: Dual purpose, eggs, meat Egg production rate: Females ONLY; Approximately 130-180 eggs/year Egg color: White or blue/green tinted Black Swedish duck egg size: Large Black Swedish duck characteristics: Great farm duck, friendly, docile, great forager, hardy Mature weight: 5-6.25 lb. at 20-24 weeks Package quantity: 10 baby ducklings Guarantee of 90% accuracy on all sexed poultry
