Khaki Campbell

the first year I had them they could fly about 6 feet high and go about 40 feet far. so I clipped wings. But after that I never had to again. They are a very hearty and intelligent breed. and so pretty little brown ducks (good camo)

I had them and they are egg-cellent egg layers, each female would lay an egg a day, but they are quite skittish.

The ones I have bought from Mcmurrays have been the best layers ever. I have one gal that laid 340 her pullet year.

Fun addition to the flock. I have 3 Khaki Campbells. They are frequently chatting and murmuring among each other but its not loud or bothersome at all and quite fun and pleasant to listen to.

They lay large creamy eggs that taste really good and they lay a good amount of them too. We cook ours together with chicken eggs and the kids can't tell the difference. They also work well in baking.

The downside is they're a bit shy and required a bit of work for me to build trust with them.

I have a khaki campbell drake named Rubert, he is a handsome lil' quacker. Rubert is the smallest one in the flock, but not by much, he will fallow me with the other 2 drakes i have but wont let me pick him up unless its a rare occasion, despite that hes a very loving duckie.

When I was younger, I had a friend with ducks- let's just say it was a bad experience & I told myself I would NEVER own ducks. But when we got our very first flock of chicks, my husband's stipulation is he wanted ducks. We then purchased 2 female Khaki Campbells at auction, & I immediately grew to love them! They were very shy for awhile, but then we purchased a male early last year, & they all have just been wonderful. Large, tasty eggs! I have no complaints- they are so friendly & always happy to see us. We changed their living arrangements around, & and it only took them three days to learn to put themselves to bed at night. They always give us a laugh when we refill their kiddie pool, & they love to come eat from your hand. Very talkative & vocal! They usually lay their eggs for us overnight, & they're in the nest the next morning.
The females have never offered to sit on a nest, so we have hatched their eggs under broody hens. The ducklings are just as kind & sweet!

Mildred our one and a half year old hen.

I got Khaki Campbells in the Spring. Out of the other ducklings I had, they were the most water-crazy. They positively Loved it! Though once they got to crazy as ducklings and got cold.... . They are pretty skiddish. They are the BEST layers out of all the ducks I've ever had! They lay every day, (Big eggs too...) Even when one of them was isolated and feeling down, I got my egg! So for anyone who's looking for great layers, get these! (and some runners)

These guys are my favorite mallard derived breed. They were less shy than my other breeds, eat less food, and forage more and they're cute even when they don't want to be. They lay tons of large eggs and even tend to get them in the nest box. They're so cute and petite framed too. My main issue with them is that my drake stubbornly insisted on running his ladies around the yard at full tilt as soon as it got dark for as long as they were out like idiots, especially when it was lock up time, every single night right up until the end. It was like he had to prove that going into the coop was his idea. Needless to say, he and his favorite duck follower are now dead and the duck hens that had their own ideas about bedtime are still alive (and now we're going to go get a new drake). Regardless, I'm not sure I ever want to be without this duck breed again. I love them(with their cute, beady little eyes, football-sized ducks covered in ducky softness, and flappy feet without half inch muscovy claws), my kids love them for their non-aggressive chasability factor (but they are fast enough my kids will NEVER catch them), and they do get along with the rest of my birds great. We had one drake that tried getting it on with chickens, but for my hens sake we got to discover that he was delicious. However that seems like it's the exception and not the rule for drake manners and besides the bedtime thing the other drake was a perfect gentleman who brought food to his ladies and was never too much drake for them to handle. Hug a (protesting) Campbell today.

Out of my 8 ducks the 2 male khaki campbells are the easiest to catch. They are both very calm an quiet ducks.

We have one Khaki Campbell--more to the point, my DD has one and has aptly named it "Brownie". Despite ample handling, the bird hates us and has pretty well determined that only unspeakable tortures must await her for consorting with her evil overlords. She's very outspoken about her distrust of us too and sounds the alarm pretty much every time she sees us or much of anything occurs in the yard at all, for that matter. She sounds like a team of Clydesdales stepping on a dog toy. While she occasionally consorts with other ducks, her favorite is a fawn-and-white Indian Runner drake ("Joe" who belongs to my youngest). She's pretty much always hated us, but Joe used to like us before his girlfriend told him to stop hanging with us.

Last year we got 12 ducks from TSC. All but three were male. One was a female Khaki Campbell. Not the sweetest of ducks, but the egg production was amazing. She laid an egg every day. Unfortunately, we had too many male ducks and it finally killed her. The males are very pretty. We had one brown male and one white-with-speckles male. The latter was so beautiful, but we had to get rid of them. I will defiantly get more females in the future.

I really love my two Khakis, Kira and Amira. They exhibit a funny mannerism that is unique to them: they "cluck"! Not only are they spoiled with organic treats, but they are far more personable than the other ducks, and I believe that I would have more Khaki Campbells in the future.

In the picture: Sweet Amira with Sapphira the Mallard

My mother in law to be owns two Khaki Campbell females (whom we thought was a boy and a girl and turned out to be two girls, but that's okay because that's more eggs for us! They are very loving ducks - sometimes can be a little shy and don't want to be bothered with. Usually they'll come to you if they want attention. They can be very social birds and they LOVE to talk - at least her's do! They also love to play, especially in water. If you have a water source of any kind whether it's a pool, a pond (man made or natural), or even a mud puddle - they are in it and they will get very muddy. It's like they live for the mud! She gets one egg a day each from them, so they are very good egg layers. I would recommend a companion for yours, typically of the same breed so they have someone to hang out with and aren't lonely. They can also be very vocal during warmer months I noticed - unless they are in distress then they can be very loud, but typically they are quiet as long as everything is going their way inside their habitat. They can be skittish and easily spooked - so if you want a KC, I would get them as babies and handle them as much as possible if you can!

Otherwise I love these two!

Belle, my Khaki Campbell hen, is very pretty. She is too young to lay. My mother always had Khaki Campbells and hers laid very well, just never where she wanted them to. Belle is lighter in weight than the other ducks. She is very delicate looking. I like her light coloring because it blends in with our woods. She also flies well.

My KCs are far better layers than my chickens, especially in the winter. I can turn them loose and know they are safe to free range without constant supervision as they are very diligent and alert to what is going on around them. Mine are tame and follow me around the yard when I am out. Had to put snow fencing around the garden because they insisted on following me in. Mine aren't skittish at all, think it has to do with being imprinted on people.

Not my favorites of my flock, but still very sweet and I don't have to worry about them.