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You can let them breed for up to 6 generations before you will see deformities. But my suggestion would be to get some new blood in there. You can always let this group of the parents and babies stay together, but change out some drakes or hens next year. You won't want too many drakes anyways...

Agreed, khaki hens are quite loud, but mine all out lay my chickens. You will get 300-350 eggs a year from each khaki hen (assuming they have adequate feed/housing/lighting etc). They tend to be a skittish breed though so tend not to be a good breed for picking up and petting. Muscovy ducks...