How are Culver Ducks Farmed?
Culver Ducks are NOT FACTORY FARMED!!! Opps! Were we yelling? That term refers to confined housing, meaning cages. Culver ducks are raised in barns in flocks of 3-4,000. They start in brooder rooms at a temperature of 95 degrees Farenheit. We begin to drop the temperature two degrees each day until they reach an age of twenty-eight (28) days. By then, they are feathering and can handle cooler weather. At thirty-five (35) days Culver Ducks are full-grown and feathered. At forty-two (42) days they weigh approximately 7lb. and are ready to process. Our ducks are raised on the barn floor, not in pens; and get bedded every day. That is to say, kiln-dried sawdust is layed down to keep them clean and to provide them with fresh air. The sawdust is the second highest cost involved in producing the ducks. Each duck has .9 sq ft of space in the brooder and 3.5 sq ft in the finish-end to grow. It is our undertanding that this is four-times the “space to grow” allotted by the other poultry industry
