Black East India duck, 29
Black in bean of
Aylesbury, 23
Crested White Duck, 35
Pekin, 22
Black bill in Black East India drakes, 29
Black
head, greenish, in Buff drakes, 35
head, in Fawn and White Runners, 37
in face of Muscovy, 32
plumage of Blue Swedish, 33
on head of young White Muscovy, 32
tail coverts, greenish, in Fawn and White Runners, 37
Bleeding
ducks, 105
geese, 206, 209
Blue
cast in Buff ducks, 36
Muscovy, 32
Swedish ducks, 33
wing bar in Buff ducks, 35
Body shape in breeding ducks, selecting for, 19
Braining geese, 206, 209
Breaking up
goose matings, 154
broody geese, 175
Breast-bone as index of age in ducks, 56
Breeding
drakes, securing, 58
ducks, opportunity to produce, 6
ducks, prices for, 7
season for ducks, 124
Breeds of ducks, 9
Aylesbury, 23
Blue Swedish, 33
broodiness of, 18
Buff, 35
Call, 27
Cayuga, 25
common or puddle, 9
Crested White, 34
East India, 29
egg, 11
egg production of, 15
Mallard, 10
Mandarin, 10
meat, 11
mule, 9
Muscovy, 29
ornamental, 11
Pekin, 21
popularity of, 14
Rouen, 23
Runner, 36
size of, 14
Wood, 10
Breeds of geese, 147
African, 156
Canadian, 159
Chinese, 158
common, 148
Egyptian, 160
Embden, 156
mongrel, 148
Sebastapol, 148
Toulouse, 155
Wild, 159
Brood coop for goslings, 179
Brooder
capacity on duck plants, 47
houses for ducklings, 80-90
Brooders for goslings, 180
Broodiness of
ducks, 18
geese, 152
geese, breaking up, 175
Brooding
ducklings, 80-90, 131
goslings, 178
by artificial means, 180
with geese, 179
with hens, 179
without artificial heat, 180
Brown Chinese goose, 158
Brownish color in Cayuga ducks, 26
Buff Ducks, 35
Button head in Call ducks, 28
Buying geese for fattening, 200
C
Call ducks, 27
Canadian goose--see Wild
Capacity of
car for geese, 202
farm for fattening geese, 208
incubator for duck eggs, 130
Capital,
invested, for duck plant, 53
working, for duck plant, 54
Care of
duck eggs for hatching, 73, 128
goose eggs for hatching, 172
growing goslings, 181
hen sitting on goose eggs, 174
Carrying
ducks, 39
geese, 162
Caruncles on face of Muscovy, 29
Cases, shipping, for duck eggs, 119, 137
Catching
ducks, 39
geese, 162
Cayuga duck, 25
Celery seed, feeding, to fattening ducks, 93
Changing feed for fattening geese, 205
Chestnut colored head in Buff drakes, 35
Chilling of goslings by rain, 181
Chinese goose, 158
Chocolate colored ducks from Colored Muscovy, 32
Claret in breast of Rouen drakes, deficiency of, 24
Classification of breeds of ducks, 11
Cleaning
brood coops for goslings, 179
duck
breeding houses, 60
brooder houses, 87
yards, 61, 97
goose breeding houses, 168
Cleanliness of plumage as indication of health, 19
Color of
duck eggs, 17
goose eggs, 152
Colored flights in
Fawn and White Runners, 37
Penciled Runners, 38
Colored Muscovy, 31
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