General Information
- Breed Purpose
- Meat, Eggs, Pets, Exhibition, Ornamental
- Broodiness
- Rare
- Climate Tolerance
- All Climates
- Egg Productivity
- 100 to 130 eggs per year
- Egg Size
- About 80 to 90 grams
- Egg Color
- White
- Breed Temperament
- Usually calm and friendly
- Breed Colors/Varieties
- White, Black, Gray, Buff, and Blue
- Breed Size
- Anywhere between 2 lbs. - 7 lbs.
- Color
- The White Crested Duck is pure white with a yellow bill and light orange legs.
Crested ducks are dual-purpose, medium weight ducks. They are mainly used for Pet, Exhibition, and Ornamental purposes, but can also be used for Eggs and Meat. If kept as pets, they will live about 8 to 12 years. The females rarely go broody and will lay anywhere from 100 to 130 eggs per year. The eggs are white and weigh about 80-90 grams. They are usually calm and friendly but sometimes they might be skittish. Only the Black and White varieties are recognized by the American Standard of Perfection, but the common colors are White, Black, Gray, Buff, and Blue. They weigh anywhere between 2 lbs. - 7 lbs. There isn't a known way of where this breed came from or how it was made, but some people say they were brought to Europe from the East Indies by Dutch ships and it was made from a Crested Indian Runner cross or Bali ducks. The crests on them are mutations, and the mutations cause holes in the skulls, filled with fatty tissues. From the tissues, feathers start to grow and create the signature crest. These ducks have more health problems then most other ducks.
