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The ducklings are now hatched in incubators. They are kept indoors for the first 2 weeks of life, and then allowed access to the open air in fenced runs for the third. After this, they are kept in outdoor enclosures for about 5 weeks. For the first 3 weeks they subsist on a high-protein ration; feeding of this continues once they are outdoors, but they also forage for grass and insects. The ducklings are killed at 8 weeks; they are dry-plucked, waxed, and hung 48 hours before evisceration and trussing. Older ducks of a larger size and more mature flavour are available when the breeding stock is killed at about 14 months.