The Aylesbury duck is a breed of domesticated duck, bred mainly for its meat and appearance. It is a large duck with pure white plumage, a pink bill, orange legs and feet, an unusually large keel, and a horizontal stance with its body parallel to the ground. The breed is critically endangered in the United States and appears on the coat of arms of Aylesburys United and on the club badge of the town’s football club.
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The Aylesbury duck is a breed of domesticated duck, bred mainly for its meat and appearance. It is a large duck with pure white plumage, a pink bill, orange legs and feet, an unusually large keel, and a horizontal stance with its body parallel to the ground. The precise origins of the breed are unclear, but raising white ducks became popular inAylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, in the 18th century owing to the demand for white feathers as a filler for quilts. Duck rearing became a major industry in the 19th century. In 1873 the Pekin duck was introduced to the United Kingdom. By the 1950s only one significant flock of Aylsbury ducks remained in Buckinghamshire and by 1966 there were no duck-breeding or -rearing businesses of any size remaining in the town. The breed is critically endangered in the United States, and appears on the coat of arms of Aylesburys United and on the club badge of the town’s football club. Unlike the Rouen duck, the other popular meat variety in England in the early 19th century, Aylesburg ducks lay eggs from early November to early November. An egg is incubated for eight weeks after hatching, and the first moulkes and drakes are almost indistinguishable. Unlike Rouen ducks, males have two or three curved tail feathers and a fainter quainter, huskier, husker, husky, husack, huskin, husking, and tail. By one year of age, females and males grow to an average weight of 6.5 pounds and 7 pounds respectively, although males can reach around 10 pounds.
The average age of a duckling is one year and a half, and it comes straight out of the egg for 28 days. It has a relatively long and thin swanlike swan-like long pink bill from the head. Its legs are placed midway along the body and it stands with its underside parallel to the ground, giving a body described as ‘boat-shaped’ It has bright orange feet and legs and a bright orange bill, which comes out straight out-of-the-head, giving it a straight, pink bill and a pink-coloured neck. It lays its eggs in a ‘Duck End’, where local residents rear the ducklings in their homes. The opening of a railway in 1839 enabled cheap and quick transport to the markets of London, and duckRearing became highly profitable. By 1860s the duck rearing industry began to move into the surrounding towns and villages and the industry in Aylesbury itself began to decline. Over time, selective breeding of the English White for size, shape and colour gradually led to the development of the Aylesbury duck. There is only one surviving flock of pure Ayllesbury ducks in the UK and the breed is critical endangered in the United States. The duck farmers of Aylebury went to great lengths to ensure the ducks retained their white colouring, keeping them clear of dirty water, soil with a high iron content and bright sunlight.
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