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Fluffy buttercup-yellow ducklings crowd together in a dense, writhing mass of downy feathers and pink bills. Newly hatched and tightly packed, these young Pekin ducks represent the early stages of intensive poultry farming in regional New South Wales. The uniform golden coloration and compact clustering reveal the precision of modern agricultural breeding techniques, where uniformity and rapid growth are key economic drivers. Each delicate duckling sits pressed against its siblings, their soft bodies creating a living carpet of potential protein production. The Al Mabin watermark subtly indicates the professional agricultural documentation of this critical stage in poultry lifecycle management. This image captures the industrial efficiency of contemporary duck farming, where hundreds of identical chicks represent a carefully managed agricultural commodity.