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ducks walk on a duck farm. poultry farm and domestic ducks Royalty Free Stock Photo

Group of white domestic geese and ducks on the poultry farm Royalty Free Stock Photo

Domestic white geese and ducks walk around the farm. Sunny day on the farm. Agriculture Royalty Free Stock Photo

Group of ducks on small round stones ground, blurred farm background, close detail, shallow depth field photo Royalty Free Stock Photo

Two gray ducks walk in a poultry farm in the village, minimalistic photo Royalty Free Stock Photo

Domestic Crested Ducks on a farm Royalty Free Stock Photo

Domestic ducks and geese swim in the pond. Wide photo Royalty Free Stock Photo

Domestic ducks are ducks that are raised for meat and eggs. Many ducks are also kept for show, as pets, or for their ornamental value. Almost all varieties of domestic duck apart from the Muscovy duck Cairina moschata are descended from the mallard Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard ducks were first domesticated in Southeast Asia at least 4000 years ago, during the Neolithic Age, and were also farmed by the Romans in Europe, and the Malays in Asia. In ancient Egypt, ducks were captured in nets and then bred in captivity. During the Ming Dynasty, the Peking duckÃ¢â¬âmallards force-fed on grains, making them largerÃ¢â¬â was known to have good genetic characteristics.