Buyer question
How long do Magpie duck poultry live?
Our Animal Library gives the Magpie duck poultry a lifespan of 8–12 years.
Source: the Magpie duck poultry page in the Everybarn Animal Library. Magpie duck poultry in the Animal Library
The detail
Magpie ducks were developed in Wales in the 1920s and have black and white pied markings. They are light, active foragers and strong layers of white eggs, and are now rare in the US, where only a few breeders keep them.
- Hardiness
- 5 out of 5 (Very hardy)
- Origin
- Wales
- Best fit
- Egg flocks, foragers
What to weigh
Magpies are rare, so breeding stock can be related. Show markings are hard to breed.