DUCKS AND GEESE 



curl or curve upward and forward toward the body 

 of the bird. In ducks these feathers are absent. 



Size, 



An idea of the size of the different standard 

 breeds can best be obtained by giving the standard 

 weights. They are as follows: — 



Adult Drake. Adult Duck. Youuk Drake. Touns Duck. 



There are no standard weights for the Call duck 

 and for the Black East India duck but these are all 

 small in size, being really bantam ducks. The drakes 

 will weigh from 2^ to 3 pounds and the ducks from 

 2 to 2^ pounds. 



Popularity of Breeds 



In the meat class by far the moat popular duck in 

 this country is the Pekin. It is the breed which is 



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