Damate imported the first batch of duck eggs to an incubator in Rostov region

7.10.2020
Turkey production

Damate Group imported the first batch of hatching duck eggs to an incubator in Rostov region as part of a project to restart high-tech industrial production of duck meat in the region. A batch of 43 thousand eggs arrived at the incubator in early October; in total, by the end of the year, Damate plans to deliver about 559 thousand eggs.

Damate Group has begun deliveries of hatching duck eggs to an incubator located in the Millerovsky district of Rostov region. The first batch of 43 thousand eggs arrived from the Czech Republic last week. Further deliveries in the amount of 43 thousand eggs will be carried out weekly. By the end of 2020, Damate plans to import 559 thousand hatching duck eggs.

The first batch of eggs was delivered as part of a project to restart high-tech industrial duck production at a higher quality level. The project is being implemented under the control of Damate and with the financial support of Rosselkhozbank JSC in Rostov region.

Damate supplies the hatching eggs of a highly productive cross of white Peking duck Cherry Valley, bred by British specialists.

The hatching takes 28 days; the first one is scheduled for early November 2020. After hauling and sorting, the ducklings will be transported to a rearing site located 20 km away from the hatchery for further rearing. Poultry feeding period lasts 42 days.

The first buyers will have an opportunity to try high quality and tasteful duck meat products produced by Damate Group in December.

Let’s remind that in May, 2020 Damate Group and Rosselkhozbank JSC signed an agreement on a concession of the rights of requirements for obligations of Donstar LLC, which owns the largest complex in Russia for the industrial production of duck meat with a capacity of 16.5 thousand tons in slaughter weight per year. New Duck Farms LLC (part of Damate Group) became the new creditor.

“We highly appreciate the potential of the enterprise and are ready to invest the accumulated experience in order to resume the operation of the complex as soon as possible and bring it to a new high level,” said co-owner and general director of Damate Group Rashid Khairov. “When restoring the facilities of the pant, the priority task for us is to eliminate technological risks. We pay special attention to the issues of biological safety of facilities, which is the basis of any livestock business.”

The vertically-integrated structure of the complex is comprised of a complex for rearing a parent herd, a platform for growing commercial duck, a processing plant, as well as an elevator and a compound feed production plant.