Why do I recommend you raise Rudina fowl instead of Call ducks?

The glorious era of the Call duck is still vivid in our memory. Who can not love this cute, white, plump duck?

However, the high price of the Call duck is beyond the reach of ordinary people like us, and its "little ancestor" attribute is also daunting.

In a situation where you may be quarantined at any time, if you choose the newly popular pet rooster, it may make parents who raise Call ducks jealous to tears.

In this "Chicken and Duck Competition", let's see who will win as a pet, the Call Duck or the Rudina fowl!

Round 1: Beauty

If the ceiling of poultry's beauty is the Call duck, then the Rudina fowl is almost the chandelier under the ceiling - it is only one duck away from the ceiling.

Not to mention the poultry world, the Call duck is also a famous beauty in the entire pet world, with a round face, round body, and small, loving eyes...

Call ducks are small in stature. When buying ordinary meat ducks, they are usually around 6 catties. An adult Call duck weighs at most 2 catties, which is just enough to be held up by one hand. Moreover, the size of the duck's head, duck egg, and beak are obviously smaller, which is very cute.

Why is it so small? This is due to its name. The English name of Call duck is Call duck (similar to screaming chicken), also known as Coy duck or decoy duck, which comes from the Dutch de kooi (a breed in the Netherlands), which means "trap".

The Call duck was not originally a pet, but a hunting duck used as bait.

The ducks were originally all mallards, but a genetic mutation related to dwarfism fell in love with various types of loud decoy ducks, and became the Russian decoy duck. As the demand for hunting gradually decreased, this duck was also bred to become an ornamental duck. In 1865, British scientists established the standard for the Call Duck, which was then introduced to the Netherlands and became the Call Duck we see today.

Also due to the long breeding time, the genetic traits of the Call Duck have become more and more stable, and there are more and more colors, about ten kinds, but the most common and popular one is the white duck.

If you spend hundreds of years just to make a duck look good, its appearance will definitely not disappoint you.

Of course, the rooster is not without beauty and fighting power. As a new cute pet, the rooster has created a dream home for everyone.

Rudina Chicken from Bilibili @Pudding’s

Is there a God's perspective feeling when playing with Barbie dolls?

The name of the chicken gives people the illusion that chicken can also be cute, but in fact it is a quail!

It is bred after years of hybridization between the spotted-winged mountain quail and the blue-breasted quail. It is named because its eggs are rich in rutin, an ingredient that can lower blood pressure.

Image courtesy of JBIF

The length of the rudinardin is only about 10 centimeters. Several can be held in one hand. They weigh 35-48 grams, which is less than the weight of an egg.

Especially the newly hatched chicks, which are like a fluffy ball and only as big as the tip of a finger.

From Bilibili @Qiuqifa

The color of the rooster is also a kind of contrast. The silly body is not soft and cute yellow, but has a variety of colors. The most common roosters are primary color (refer to the picture above, the primary color looks like blue, with a touch of white on the neck), chestnut and pure white. There are more than 10 kinds of variant colors. This one is the high-value black and white (also known as black dress) rooster.

Image from Tadpole Jun

When it comes to appearance, the Call Duck is undoubtedly the most loved one, with an appearance index of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

The added bonus of the Rudina chicken is its breeding system. Who doesn’t want to see a family together? The appearance index is ⭐⭐⭐⭐.

Round 2: Price Competition

How much does it cost to raise them? This is a question that many people are concerned about. After all, cost may determine whether to raise chickens and ducks or cats and dogs.

A Call duck imported from the Netherlands costs more than 10,000 yuan (it will have rings on its feet).

Like this

Domestic products have slightly different classifications according to unauthoritative industry standards, and most are between 5,000 and 10,000 yuan.

Domestic conventional "non-authoritative" classification:

Three levels

Pet grade: The beak is more than 3.5cm long, the neck is long and the body is large. After it is formed, it is very different from the Call duck.

Competition level: The mouth length is between 3.0-3.5cm, the mature weight is 700-800g, the body length is slightly longer than S level, but the overall shape is well-proportioned and cute.

S grade: mouth length less than 3cm, weight 600-700g, overall compact structure, small and round.

Is it too expensive to buy an adult duck? You can also hatch ducklings yourself.

The price of a Call duck egg also depends on the appearance of its parents. If the parents are of "pure bloodline", the price will be around one thousand yuan.

You can also buy ducklings, spending two or three thousand yuan to purchase a duckling and raise it slowly.

The picture is from Bilibili Cao Xiaopai, but his eggs are so expensive

As for the roe deer, the price will drop dramatically, and it will be around 30 yuan per piece, which is a price that you can afford to make it into a dish (not really).

If you hatch eggs, a fertilized egg costs about one yuan, and the hatching success rate is high.

This won't hatch.

Hatching eggs requires professional equipment. A search on relevant shopping websites shows that poultry hatching equipment has similar functions and principles. Most of them can set temperature (around 37.5°C), humidity (40%~70%), adjust spacing, and automatically turn eggs.

But the prices vary greatly, ranging from 40 to 1,000 yuan. At this time, the cost gap between Call ducks and Rutin chickens will gradually widen. After all, putting Call duck eggs into 40 yuan equipment is always unsettling...

It is highly likely that the equipment of the Call Duck will always be more advanced than that of the Rudkin, so the expenses will increase.

To sum up the cost comparison between the two, the species has opened an insurmountable gap between them, the Call Duck's people-friendliness index⭐.

The popularity index of Rudina chicken is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

Round 3: Is it easy to raise?

If you have a pet at home, you may worry about whether it stinks. Tadpole Jun irresponsibly says that it is not as stinky as cat feces.

In fact, it also depends on the number of chickens you raise. One duck and two chickens will definitely not be as smelly as a cat after it poops or digs into the litter, but if you have ten ducks or twenty chickens, there will still be a smell of chicken poop.

It is best to keep it on a ventilated windowsill, and it also requires some special props, such as a fermentation bed used to raise rudin chickens.

The fermentation bed can be understood as the sawdust for raising mice. It is made of sawdust, rice husks, cornmeal, and probiotics. The probiotics in it can decompose feces and absorb odors. It needs to be replaced every three months. It can be used for raising all kinds of poultry.

If it is a duck, there are two other problems to solve - pooping anywhere and taking a bath.

Although chickens and ducks are both straightforward, chickens don't need to go out to do business, but ducks are in an awkward situation.

Birds only have one cloaca and cannot defecate at a fixed time and place like cats and dogs. This also leads to the fact that the Call Duck cannot control its defecation when it is cute. It may defecate on the sofa, on the hand, when taking pictures, and when being intimate with the owner.

In this way, the market for YaYa diapers has been opened up, and the styles are becoming more and more beautiful (I feel a little envious).

To raise ducks, you also need a bathtub (plastic basin is also OK) at home. Daily water exercise can keep the ducks in a good mental state and away from diseases. This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of raising ducks.

In terms of the complexity of raising them, Call ducks have to swim every day and have their butts wiped, which is ⭐⭐⭐⭐ difficult.

The space for the rooster to move around is all in the cage, which makes it very difficult.

Round 4: What it brought us

This round is a competition in a different dimension: What can raising them bring me?

We gave money, time and love, and took meticulous care of the Call Duck. We developed a deep bond with the little duck, and the little duck also returned our love and healing.

But the rooster selflessly brings us batch after batch of eggs.

After two months of raising roosters, they will start laying eggs. It is best if you have a male and 2-3 female pairing. This will not only reduce the noise of the roosters, but also increase egg production.

Each hen can lay 1-2 eggs a day, with an annual egg production of 250-300 eggs (actually more), which is not restricted by seasons and has a high egg fertilization rate. If artificially incubated, new chicks can be seen in 16 days. In this way, chickens lay eggs, and eggs lay chickens, which will realize the original capital accumulation of the chicken farm...

The picture comes from Xiaohongshu @灰灰的鲁丁鸡

If you happen to be quarantined at home, you can also solve the problem of high-quality protein sources for the whole family. You can fry, boil, or steam eggs every day. If it’s monotonous, you can also make milk chicken soup...

After all, the riboflavin content of rutin chicken is 2.5 times that of eggs, and the lecithin content is 3-4 times that of eggs. It has a fresh and tender taste and a strong gamey flavor...

So, if I don't care about money and want to eat Call duck eggs, is it reasonable? It is reasonable. Just buy two Call ducks, one male and one female, and raise them healthily for five months, and they will lay eggs. The life span of Call ducks is 4-12 years, and they lay about 80-100 eggs a year, but the number of eggs they lay will decrease as they age.

If your Call ducks start laying eggs, you may be able to make back all the money you invested.

In this regard, the cost-effectiveness of the Call Duck is ⭐⭐⭐ (after all, there are risks).

The rutabaga chicken is absolutely delicious ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

These chickens and ducks all say they are hungry. If you want to raise poultry pets, such as Call ducks and Rudina fowl, would you choose to braise or steam them?

References:

[1] Alexandrovich LV, Petrovich KA, Artykovich YY, et al. Research results on the ecology of decoy ducks[J]. Journal of the European Society of Ducks, 2020 (3): 43-50.

[2]. Rudina chicken breeding[J]. New Rural Technology, 2017(S1):73-75.

[3] Zhu Feng. The prospect of rooster breeding is promising[J]. New Rural Technology, 2016(05):47-48.

Review expert: Wu Lei, national practicing veterinarian.

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