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Show HINTS OF DUCKS AND GEESE Duckling Should Be Marketed Before Twelve Weeks Old Same Is Said of Goslings. A Pekin duckling weighs about two Dunces when hatched, and should take on weight as follows: Three to four weeks, one pound; six to eight weeks, four to four and one-half pounds; and at ten weeks, five and one-half to sfx pounds. Ducklings should be marketed at from nine to twelve weeks of age. After that they take on weight slowly, and it is not profitable to keep them longer than twelve weeks. Geese grow about as rapidly as ducks. Allowance of course must be made for the original difference in Bize newly hatched goslings weighing weigh-ing about four ounces. Turkeys do not grow rapidly at the start, but develop de-velop much quicker after three months of age. |