固始鸭又称固始麻鸭，中心产区在河南省固始县及周围各县，是一个很好的地方品种。全县年饲养量在100万只以上。 　　
      
    固始鸭属中型蛋肉兼用麻鸭，毛色绝大多数为褐麻色。母鸭眼上有一条黄或白眉，虹彩褐色，极少数呈蓝色。胸腹色较浅。喙青黄色，多为黑 嘴。趾黄红色，少数红黑色，肤白色。公鸭头颈上部多为黑毛发绿光。翅尾有少量黑毛。前胸和腹色浅，多为浅白色，少数颈有白色环。
      
    固始鸭肉质细嫩，尤其是成年公鸭的汤汁鲜美可口，具有很强的补养功能，为当地妇女褥期必备之品。固始麻鸭蛋外壳为青色或淡青色，蛋黄大而红，当地在清明前后，有腌制咸鸭蛋的习惯，而“薄饼馍卷鸭蛋”的吃法堪称一绝。


 

Gushi Ducks

    Gushi ducks belong to moderate sheldrakes which can be fed for meet or eggs. Most of them have white or yellow eyebrow above their eyes, brown bodies, green-yellow beaks, black mouths, yellow-red feet and white skin. In the terms of male ducks and female ducks, the former have black hairs on heads and a little on the ends of wings while the latter have a yellow or white eyebrow above their eyes which male ducks doesn't not have. Gushi ducks have fine and smooth meet and taste very delicious. More than anything else, mature male ducks have so strong nourishing functions that they are always regarded as necessary food for lying-in women.