Well I may be biased, but I love Khaki Campbells and Rouens
Wendy
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Best pet duck?
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Nifty we have Khaki Campbells and Rouens. Khaki's lay ALOT of eggs! And we only have a kiddie pool and they are happy with that. They are not noisy and do not have bad temperment either.
Wendy
Nifty we have Khaki Campbells and Rouens. Khaki's lay ALOT of eggs! And we only have a kiddie pool and they are happy with that. They are not noisy and do not have bad temperment either.
Wendy
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I think i am stuck between a muscovy and a runner but all these ducks sound great! I am going to go and win the state lottery
My Grey call ducks are very quiet. It's the snowys that make all the racket here. Before I got the Snowys I actually never heard them unless I took one out of the pen then the other onw would freak out.
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Nifty we have Khaki Campbells and Rouens. Khaki's lay ALOT of eggs! And we only have a kiddie pool and they are happy with that. They are not noisy and do not have bad temperment either.
Wendy
I'm looking for a couple of urban ducks, too, for eggs and general ducky fun. We already have four chickens, and they would share the run. So my questions are:
1. Which breeds don't need a lot of water. At most a small kiddie pool part-time.
2. Who will get along better with the chickens.
3. Noise is a potential concern.
4. Eggs. I know runners and campbells lay lots, what about muscovies?
Nifty we have Khaki Campbells and Rouens. Khaki's lay ALOT of eggs! And we only have a kiddie pool and they are happy with that. They are not noisy and do not have bad temperment either.
Wendy
I'm looking for a couple of urban ducks, too, for eggs and general ducky fun. We already have four chickens, and they would share the run. So my questions are:
1. Which breeds don't need a lot of water. At most a small kiddie pool part-time.
2. Who will get along better with the chickens.
3. Noise is a potential concern.
4. Eggs. I know runners and campbells lay lots, what about muscovies?
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1. Which breeds don't need a lot of water. At most a small kiddie pool part-time.
2. Who will get along better with the chickens.
3. Noise is a potential concern.
4. Eggs. I know runners and campbells lay lots, what about muscovies?
1. Muscovies don't need very much water because their oil gland isn't as developed so they don't go in water as much.
2. My male ducks tried to have a few more females that weren't ducks, they even tried to mount the roosters a few times. Muscovies are a different species so I woudl imagine that they're different (I'm not sure if that would be in a good way or not).
3. Muscovies don't quack, they hiss a little but that's it. All breeds derived from mallards will be loud, especially call ducks and female ducks (females quack, males whisper).
4. Runners and campbells are the best layers of duck breeds, scovies are probably the worst.
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I would say call ducks, they're small and friendly, the only thing that would be bad about them is the noise the girls make.
2. Who will get along better with the chickens.
3. Noise is a potential concern.
4. Eggs. I know runners and campbells lay lots, what about muscovies?
1. Muscovies don't need very much water because their oil gland isn't as developed so they don't go in water as much.
2. My male ducks tried to have a few more females that weren't ducks, they even tried to mount the roosters a few times. Muscovies are a different species so I woudl imagine that they're different (I'm not sure if that would be in a good way or not).
3. Muscovies don't quack, they hiss a little but that's it. All breeds derived from mallards will be loud, especially call ducks and female ducks (females quack, males whisper).
4. Runners and campbells are the best layers of duck breeds, scovies are probably the worst.
In answering the OP's question:
I would say call ducks, they're small and friendly, the only thing that would be bad about them is the noise the girls make.
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Nifty we have Khaki Campbells and Rouens. Khaki's lay ALOT of eggs! And we only have a kiddie pool and they are happy with that. They are not noisy and do not have bad temperment either.
Wendy
I'm looking for a couple of urban ducks, too, for eggs and general ducky fun. We already have four chickens, and they would share the run. So my questions are:
1. Which breeds don't need a lot of water. At most a small kiddie pool part-time.
2. Who will get along better with the chickens.
3. Noise is a potential concern.
4. Eggs. I know runners and campbells lay lots, what about muscovies?
Ducks don't have to have water. They seem happier with it. I have left the pool empty for a few days to see that this is true.
Our ducks are with the chickens. They grew so fast we did not get a seperate pen built yet. My husbands work sch. is crazy. Hopefully this spring we will have pen just for our ducks. They seem to get along with the chickens fine. We kept them in a dog kennel till the ducks were growing to big. And i moved them to the chicken pen.
They are call to me when I come outside. But that is the only time I hear them. But i don't think they are loud. We also live on 13 acres.
Khaki campbells lay eggs almost 365 days of the year.
Nifty we have Khaki Campbells and Rouens. Khaki's lay ALOT of eggs! And we only have a kiddie pool and they are happy with that. They are not noisy and do not have bad temperment either.
Wendy
I'm looking for a couple of urban ducks, too, for eggs and general ducky fun. We already have four chickens, and they would share the run. So my questions are:
1. Which breeds don't need a lot of water. At most a small kiddie pool part-time.
2. Who will get along better with the chickens.
3. Noise is a potential concern.
4. Eggs. I know runners and campbells lay lots, what about muscovies?
Ducks don't have to have water. They seem happier with it. I have left the pool empty for a few days to see that this is true.
Our ducks are with the chickens. They grew so fast we did not get a seperate pen built yet. My husbands work sch. is crazy. Hopefully this spring we will have pen just for our ducks. They seem to get along with the chickens fine. We kept them in a dog kennel till the ducks were growing to big. And i moved them to the chicken pen.
They are call to me when I come outside. But that is the only time I hear them. But i don't think they are loud. We also live on 13 acres.
Khaki campbells lay eggs almost 365 days of the year.
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For how long? My chickens were great layers the first year, but they seemed to burn out fast.
Is the useful egg-laying lifespan longer for a duck?
For how long? My chickens were great layers the first year, but they seemed to burn out fast.
Sorry I got off here last night, but forgot to log off
I will have to look that up for you, we have only had ours since the spring, I can't remember what I read.
I will have to look that up for you, we have only had ours since the spring, I can't remember what I read.
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