Hybrid 300 info wanted

[Bridger Davis]

Hey everyone! Tomorrow I'll be getting 2 Golden hybrid 300 layer ducks. I was hoping I could ask someone who has them a few questions :

*Flight ability?
*Broodiness?
*Size compared to Cayuga or Rouen?
*Temperament?
Thanks, and any other tips or breed specific information would be greatly appreciated! If it helps, I currently have 1 male Blue Swedish, 2 Cayuga females, and 1 female Rouen.

 

[PirateGirl]

All of this is here:

https://www.metzerfarms.com/DuckBreedComparisonNew.cfm?affiliate=undef&CustID=24242565

 

[Bridger Davis]

All of this is here:

https://www.metzerfarms.com/DuckBreedComparisonNew.cfm?affiliate=undef&CustID=24242565

Thanks! That's a bummer they are so skittish... So do you know if "mothering ability" is the same as broodiness, or not? I still want to know if they would go broody... Thanks!

 

[PirateGirl]

probably.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Broodiness is the tendency of poultry to set eggs. Mothering ability is how well the fowl mothers once the eggs hatch. I've had ducks (mallards) set nests for all twenty-eight days faithfully, only to kill half the ducklings when they hatched. I had an RIR pullet that was a terrible setter and only hatched seven of a dozen eggs. She was a great mother, though.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Thanks! That's a bummer they are so skittish... So do you know if "mothering ability" is the same as broodiness, or not? I still want to know if they would go broody... Thanks!

They have been purposefully bred to be good layers, so i doubt that they will go broody. Going broody is bad for egg production! Broody ducks don't lay any eggs until their clutch has hatched and the ducklings are grown up.