Today, Taiwan has numerous chicken farms, some of them raising more than 100,000 birds. In comparison, duck-raising has remained at an undeveloped stage. Recently, however, chicken consumption has become so universal that people in Taiwan have developed a craving for variety.
台灣養鴨也有幾百年的歷史了，早在大陸沿海居民遷台居住初期，即已開始飼養，分佈全境各地，數量亦頗為可觀。