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Removed reference to this being the "only duck to use" in the Peking duck dish, I did combination searches of Pekin Duck and Peking Duck with north china, bred, history, originated - I couldn't find any support for it. See the Peking duck article, Preparation, second para for it's definition. Alf ^melmac 23:14, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Afd

This article was nominated for deletion on 17 September 2005. The result of the discussion was speedy keep.

Male Pekin's not quacking

I have a male Pekin drake at home who is able to quack. It is true that their quack's sound quite different. My experience is that drakes quack much more, but much softer than their female companions. (They are still quite audible, even from quite a distance, the difference is you'll hear the females from a few hundred metres away.) Tank 14:33, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The duck in the firts picture is NOT a Pekin!!remove it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.18.14.0 (talk) 14:27, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Read your sources!!

"Tryptophan is the chemical that causes the well-known drowsiness in humans who consume turkey meat.[3]"

Except the cited source explicitly says this is a myth. I've removed the paragraph. The cite was http://www.hsibaltimore.com/ealerts/ea200211/ea20021127.html 64.132.221.211 (talk) 17:11, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

funny maths

1000g => 1 Kg => 35.7 oz which is greater than 6 oz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.151.71.18 (talk) 13:21, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nutritional Information

I removed the passage stating the nutritional information of Pekin duck meat because it was blatantly wrong and poorly written. Foods do not contain nutrition, they contain nutrients. Also, stating that duck meat does not contain fat or protein is ludicrous. If someone feels obliged to add the correct information, you can obtain it from http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/poultry-products/938/2, but please quote it properly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.168.73.18 (talk) 05:59, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

American?

Pekin duck redirects here. The article uses that term systematically, and doesn't explicitly call it "American" anywhere; should it be moved to the more general title? Andrew Gray (talk) 20:52, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

no. This Article describes the breed "American Pekin Duck". There is a European (different) breed, the "German Pekin Duck", as well. see g-e-h.de, vieh-ev.de (German)--PigeonIP (talk) 16:21, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A quick poke around suggests that the APD name is very rare, while the shorter "Pekin Duck" is widely used. It would seem clearer to leave this article at Pekin Duck and have a hatnote for the other article as and when it exists; the way things are, the article suggests the proper name is "American Pekin Duck", and this doesn't seem to be the case. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:29, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In Europe it is: have a look at the Listing Breed and Colour in the EE Standard by the Section for Poultry of the European Association of Poultry-, Pigeon- and Rabbit breeders (the American isn't even recognised in GB, there Pekin Duck refers to the German or European Pekin Duck. And this WP-article describes the American Pekin breed, not the European or British one.

see also poultryclub.org --> Pekin (and have a look at the picture - that is not a duck as described on the front page)

so if the proper name of the APD is Pekin Duck, it is the proper name of the BPD/EPD/GPD as well. --PigeonIP (talk) 09:36, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

breed?

So is this a breed of domestic duck? This article has the scientific name as "Anas platyrhynchos domestica", while domestic duck article has it as "Anas platyrhynchos domesticus". That would mean different supspecies of platyrhynchos. Of the sources [2] & [3] which are claimed to have "domestica", first is a book which I do not have, and second gave "Page not found". And strangely, fi-wiki article of domestic duck has domestica, though there are no sources for that. 82.141.117.117 (talk) 12:21, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pekin

I have a pair of 1 year old Pekin ducks that I raised from day olds. They are land based and never swim in my pond. Do I have to teach them to swim as they were reared without parents on site? Bill — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.180.153.242 (talk) 20:54, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Phrasing

In 1873 twenty-five ducks were exported from China. Only nine survived the trip to Long Island, New York in the United States, while half were sent to the McGrath family in New York. But unfortunately, they didn't make the journey as they were eaten before they were finally at the McGraths' farm.'

What happened to the other 4 1/2 ducks? 80.254.147.68 (talk) 15:22, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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+In 1873 twenty-five ducks were exported from China. Only nine survived the trip to Long Island, New York in the United States, while half were sent to the McGrath family in New York. But unfortunately, they didn't make the journey as they were eaten before they were finally at the McGraths' farm.'
+What happened to the other 4 1/2 ducks? [[Special:Contributions/80.254.147.68|80.254.147.68]] ([[User talk:80.254.147.68|talk]]) 15:22, 12 June 2014 (UTC)