Khaki Campbell sexing?

I recently Bought 2 khaki Campbell ducks and the man told us they were both ducks and not a drake but I'm suspicious that the duck on the left is a drake? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Also told they were point of lay and 10 months old? Should they not start laying at 4-7 months???

Sadly, the one on the left does indeed look like a drake to me. He's beautiful, though!

-Alexandra33

aimeefurlong said:

I recently Bought 2 khaki Campbell ducks and the man told us they were both ducks and not a drake but I'm suspicious that the duck on the left is a drake? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Also told they were point of lay and 10 months old? Should they not start laying at 4-7 months???

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Alexandra33 said:

Sadly, the one on the left does indeed look like a drake to me. He's beautiful, though!

-Alexandra33

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The one on the left is a drake. Now you can have little KC cutie babies!

aimeefurlong said:

I recently Bought 2 khaki Campbell ducks and the man told us they were both ducks and not a drake but I'm suspicious that the duck on the left is a drake? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Also told they were point of lay and 10 months old? Should they not start laying at 4-7 months???

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Welcome to BYC!

The one on the left is a drake but not a true Khaki Campbell. From the penciling in his feathers and the partial ring around the neck it looks like it is crossed with a Rouen or Mallard. The female should start to lay at 18-20 weeks of age.

Carcajou said:

Welcome to BYC!

The one on the left is a drake but not a true Khaki Campbell. From the penciling in his feathers and the partial ring around the neck it looks like it is crossed with a Rouen or Mallard. The female should start to lay at 18-20 weeks of age.

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I agree with that. KCs sometimes get white on the throat, and the original ones had collars. That one does look like a hybrid based on the plumage, probably with a Rouen.

Alexandra33 said:

Sadly, the one on the left does indeed look like a drake to me. He's beautiful, though!

-Alexandra33

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JadeComputerGal said:

The one on the left is a drake. Now you can have little KC cutie babies!

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Carcajou said:

Welcome to BYC!

The one on the left is a drake but not a true Khaki Campbell.  From the penciling in his feathers and the partial ring around the neck it looks like it is crossed with a Rouen or Mallard.  The female should start to lay at 18-20 weeks of age.

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JadeComputerGal said:

I agree with that. KCs sometimes get white on the throat, and the original ones had collars. That one does look like a hybrid based on the plumage, probably with a Rouen.

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Thank you yes he is very gorgeous! Sadly won't be having babies though until we get more KCs as they are brother and sister! thanks for all your help

This may seem totally nuts but Ihave what looks like 2 KC boys but one of them is leaving me an egg a day. It is a green egg. I also have 3 buff ducks 2 girls and their husband Aiden. I know that buffs lay white to cream eggs so im confulsed. One of my "boy" KC is a girl in a boys body?

Are they all housed together? You might put a little food color on the Buffs' vent one night to color code the eggs to be absolutely sure that the green egg is not coming from a Buff for some weird reason.

That said, I know that every now and then, ducks will appear to be one thing and actually turn out to be another. So I am not saying it's impossible. But food coloring is non-toxic and it is one way to be sure.

Yeah they totally look like boys to me but my Khakis lay white eggs.

I'm definitely not an expert, but I have two Khakis and a Buff, and neither one lays green eggs. Both breeds lay the same off-white as far as I can tell. The only ducks in my flock so far that lay beautiful mint green eggs are the two Mallard females. I hope you can get that strange situation sorted out!

-Alex