🦆 Rouen
Ducks · breed reference
MALLARD MARKINGS AT THREE TIMES THE SIZE, which is the whole trick: it looks wild and cannot leave the ground. THE STRAIN MATTERS MORE THAN THE BREED — a production Rouen is a useful farm duck, a standard-bred one is a show animal that takes six to nine months to fill out. The Livestock Conservancy tracks the non-industrial birds specifically. The lighter French ROUEN CLAIR is a separate breed, not a strain of this one.
| Species | Duck |
|---|---|
| Kept for | Both |
| Eggs per year | ~120 |
| First eggs | ~26 weeks |
| Table-ready | ~16 weeks |
Strains
- Production · ~150 eggs/yr · lays ~26 wks · table ~16 wks — The farm Rouen — lighter, quicker, and the one hatcheries actually ship.
- Exhibition · ~60 eggs/yr · lays ~36 wks · table ~30 wks — Standard-bred — a huge keel-dragging show bird that takes most of a year to finish and barely lays.
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