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In the Brooder
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My duck flock has both khaki campbells and welsh harlequins (and a single pekin hen). This winter I’m looking to downsize to just one or the other breed (plus the pekin, she stays no matter what).
Both breeds are listed as dual purpose. Which breed would be better for meat in the spring? I couldn’t find much information besides the WH being easy to pluck. But easy to pluck compared to what? Which of these two breeds would have a little more meat? I understand both are relatively small compared to my lovely large pekin, and I will incubate her eggs in the spring as well but of the two drakes (one khaki one Welsh) which would be best?
At this time, I don’t have the space or willingness to get a totally new breed. After all, I’m trying to downsize. All I have to go off right now is that the Welsh drake is larger than the Khaki drake, and both breeds have been laying about the same. In the (far) future I’d want silver appleyards bits at least 5 years away.
The Welsh drake is speculated to have been crossed at some point with a silver appleyard due to his unusually baby blue bill.
Both breeds are listed as dual purpose. Which breed would be better for meat in the spring? I couldn’t find much information besides the WH being easy to pluck. But easy to pluck compared to what? Which of these two breeds would have a little more meat? I understand both are relatively small compared to my lovely large pekin, and I will incubate her eggs in the spring as well but of the two drakes (one khaki one Welsh) which would be best?
At this time, I don’t have the space or willingness to get a totally new breed. After all, I’m trying to downsize. All I have to go off right now is that the Welsh drake is larger than the Khaki drake, and both breeds have been laying about the same. In the (far) future I’d want silver appleyards bits at least 5 years away.
The Welsh drake is speculated to have been crossed at some point with a silver appleyard due to his unusually baby blue bill.