With the monsoon season approaching, the trading of duck farming for eggs has been better this May, according to duck farms.
The increase in demand and supply is because poultry farms usually choose ducks for farming in May, depending on their calculations on the weather.
“The trade has been better these months. The sale has been better, too. Because this is duck farming season, and monsoon is drawing near, too. Both demand and supply have been good. Duck egg price has been stable this period, so farm owners prefer to farm more ducks,” said an official from Kyaw Swa duck farming for egg trading in Maubin township, Ayeyawady Region.
In 2023, duck farming for the egg market was just regular, but it has begun better this year. It is expected that duck farming for the egg market will be fine until the end of June, but it will be slightly sluggish in the early monsoon season and will be good again in December and January.
“When compared to the previous year, we have regular customers, so the demand and supply have increased, but there is no loss. We trade good pedigree ducks, so we have long-term customers. The trade will continue better until the end of June. The farming of ducks slightly decreases in the early monsoon season. Poultry farms repurchase duck in December and January when young ducks will be produced again,” he said.
With an excellent daily hatching rate, farming ducks for eggs is a reliable business that generates daily income in local communities.
It is commercially viable, and if one starts with small-scale farming, it can become a regular income-generating business within two to three years. — Thit Taw/ZS/ED
