The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-11
QUACK Of DUCKS
GUSTS CAcNE Of
HENS IN kAIMBN
Truly Delightful Profits Made In
Raising Pekings and
Musoovys
DAWN GREETING ROOSTER
MAY BE BANISHED SOON
Pays To Feed DuckIings Properly,
Declares Fancier OF Red
Dirt District

Inc cock shrlll clarion ia getting
TO be much rarer thing in Kafmuki
and other districts of the cftv than II
was a year ago. No more does the
cock -doodle~dOo of the dawn-preeting
rooster rouse the dwelIers of the red
dirt district from their beauty sleep
or provoke to aerial flight the clothes
brush or the hower.vas
Instead, the qnack .qnack of the do
nestle duck wakPns the echoes, ana the
voices Of the Picking ana the Muscovy
are heard in the land
I'm other words, poultry minded Ho-
nolulans, and the residents of the Kat
muki district in particular, are devot-
ing then attention to raising ducks
rather than chickens. Kaimuki by the
way, Is admitted by experts TO be the
best district for raising ducks in or
around Honolulu.
Good For Throwing Too
70 come down to cases, delightful
profits can be made from ducks, and
their eggs are good, both for eating
and throwing. Speaking Of the mat
t"- Yesterday, a Kaimuki duck ,fancier
said:
" In classifying the breeds Of ducks
one naturally excludes the Waikiki
kind. A mistake was made in con.
structing those ducks. The meat was
left out and the birds were er-feath-
cred. There are two general classes
OF ducks, quacking and quackless. The
white Picking is the best of the auack.
ing birds, and the colored Muscovy in
king Of the quackless kinds. The Mus.
rovy must not be confused with the
anchovy, which is fish. There is an
interest in real ducks in
II honolulu.
Beat Chicks Growing
"Ducks grow three times as fast ms
chickens, provided they are given room
TO develop. They are not afflicted with
roup, sorehead or eye.worm. Sometimes
they become lame from corns on their
feet developed by chasing cockroaches,
spiders AMI other insects, but this all.
nent can be readily cured by the appli-
,ation of some simple remedy
Picking and Muscovy ducks will
reach a size of from four to FIVE pounds
ut an age of ten weeks, provided they
are raised in an honest neighborhood
and are given a chance to grow. Well
fattened ducks at this age command
fancy price.
1.-The swimming tank habit is a mere
,ad which has long been popular with
tucks. They really need no more wa
Ter than chickens, merely enough for
Thinking purposes. On commercial
'anrhes no swimming is allowed. These
men raise ducks for business, not for
aquatic sports.
Decorative Layers
"The Matching process with duck
'ggs requires from twenty eight to thir. !
y days. The eggs. must be Matched in |
In incubator er placed under real
len-nOt a hen duck. No reliance can
'e placed on Picking duck mothers.
They lay their eggs about the yarI in |
he most careless manner, seemingly |
thriving for decorative effect rather
han domestic results. They are suf-
'uture generations.
'The excellent MuscovS, on the 9th
r hand, is cOlOniZer and home
'uilder He is also home d offender,
md woe betide the maraudipg cat or
he perigrInating pup whose devoted
all comes within nip Of the close At
ing MusrOvlan manElibles.
" Mrs. Mus"oVy makes a nest and |
atches her own eggs, there being moth
ng sturk,nr about her. Mr.. Muscovy,
Who is built along the lines of n heavy.
weight wrestler, does the fighting for
he whole family, and makes n nire Job
f it II there's fight between Mus
oVy drake and a rooster, bet on the
rake
'ays To Feed EN-
1t pays, according TO fanciers, to feed
ucks carefully. Ducks have not the
izznrd of an ostrich and their food
hOuld always be soft and moist. For
he first ten days of a duckling's life
roistened bread and hard boiled eggs
With grit will keep him happy. After
hat finely chopped cabbage or other
reenstutf, cOrn,meaI bran, finely
round bone, meat, beef scraps, and
our milk will make an attractive
lenu. There was a boy once who sue,
essfully reared family of young
ucks on diet of dougnhuts and gin
er-ale, but this course is not generally
recommended.
Ducks want water served with the
reals. They will, of course, keep alive,
ven if they have to fnd their own
reals. In that case they are merely
ucks.
If, however, duck. meat he wanted,
is advisable to cultivate Picking or
IuscOVV ducks and fee6 than