White Pekin Duck
A variety of the Pekin Duck
Duck · White eggs · Meat
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About the White Pekin Duck
The Pekin's only recognised plumage is its creamy-white feathering, set off by a bright yellow-orange bill, legs and feet — a look that has defined the breed since it entered the very first APA Standard of Perfection in 1874. The white feathers were a deliberate advantage for the table: pale pinfeathers leave a cleaner, more saleable carcass than the dark Cayuga it displaced. Behind the colour sits a big, fast-growing, placid heavy duck that lays white eggs and makes an easy-going pet as readily as a meat bird.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- White
- Eggs per year
- About 200
- Purpose
- Meat
- Sizes
- Heavy
- Incubation
- 28 days
- Broodiness
- Low
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Pure
- Origin
- China
- Scientific name
- Anas platyrhynchos domesticus