Please Read and Sign Petition to Fund the USPS!


Continue to Fund the United States Postal Service

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Because income has dropped substantially to the Post Office because of the Coronavirus, their funding will run out this fall. At this point there is no legislation acceptable to the White House to continue funding the Post Office.

We want to make certain their solution to the current shortfall of the Post Office does not include cutting the mailing of day-old poultry.

The Bird Shippers of America organization has produced a petition I am asking you to sign. This will be sent to Congress, the White House and the US Postmaster.

SIGN PETITION

I am also asking you to write a quick note on the website of your Congressman and Senator so they know how important it is to you that the Post Office continues to carry day-old poultry.

You can go to the link below, click on your state and it will give you the websites of your Senators and Congressman. Just send them a quick note with your feelings and concerns. It is easy and fast.
Some items you could include in your note:
  • The Post Office is the only way day-old poultry can be shipped in the United States
  • If hatcheries cannot ship the birds, no one will have the chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and other poultry they want and need
  • These birds are important to you because …
  • The Post Office has been delivering day old poultry for over 100 years
  • There are tens of thousands of jobs dependent on day-old poultry in hatcheries, feed stores, feed mills, farmers producing the feed for these birds, farmers growing these birds for eggs and meat, poultry equipment manufacturers, etc.
  • Over 60 million birds are mailed thorough the US Postal Service every year


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Thank you very much for your assistance. Only by hearing from those that elect them will they consider our needs.

John Metzer
Duck, Goose, Chicken & Game Bird Hatchery
Grimaud Hybrid Pekin Ducks
Grimaud Hybrid Pekin Ducks    
Ducks

Grimaud Hybrid Pekin Ducks

*Special Pricing: Recurring orders get next lowest price bracket*

Quantity Order 1 to 24 25 to 119 120 to 299 300 to 749 750 to 1199 1200+
Unsexed $6.36 $5.09 $3.82 $2.74 $2.48 $2.16
Males $7.32 $5.86 $5.86 $5.86 $5.86 $5.86
Females $8.91 $7.13 $5.35 $3.83 $3.48 $3.03
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All our Pekin breeders are purchased from Grimaud Freres, a French poultry breeding company. Their first breeding efforts were with Muscovy and Mule ducks but quickly expanded to Pekin ducks, rabbits, geese, pigeons, turkeys and chickens. The strain of Pekin ducks we use is the Grimaud Hybrid Pekin, Strain 53. This is a fast growing, feed efficient duck. It is of 100% Pekin blood. It is called a hybrid as we cross males from their Line 50 with the females from their Line 30 to produce the commercial duckling we sell. The Line 30 ducks are a good sized bird and lay a high number of fertile eggs. The Line 50 ducks are a very large duck with outstanding meat characteristics. We sell from 5,000 to 12,000 ducklings per week of this strain for meat production.

Commercial Meat and Egg Production Brochure

If you are looking for locally raised duck, goose, or chicken, visit our Local Meat Producers page.
If you raise meat birds from Metzer Farms for sale in your area, we will add your farm to this list. Instructions for requesting your listing are also on the Local Meat Producers page.

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Following is the standard production performance of the Grimaud Hybrid:

Age at slaughter, days49
Live weight, lbs.8.1
Eviscerated weight, lbs.5.26
Feed conversion2.29
Mortality, % 2.5
Breast filet, % 25.5


If you do not want as large a bird, you can process at a younger age. Some of my customers are processing at 41-42 days of age as they only want a 7 pound live weight bird.
We will send you a Commercial Duck Management Guide with your first order of 120 or more ducklings - just ask for it when you place your order.

*Are you planning to purchase your ducklings on a set schedule? Prebook at least 5 orders by emailing us at metzinfo@metzerfarms.com. Specify your ship dates and quantity, we will price lock you into the next lowest price bracket. For Example, give us 5 ship dates for 80 ducklings and get the 120-299 duckling price bracket. Separate billing will occur the week prior to each ship date.

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