Keeping female Ducks quiet? (Khaki Campbell)

[KikiDeAnime]

Despite my mother telling me no, I plan on getting some sexed female ducks for Colonel so that he doesn't go after out hens when he's older.
Our city has a noise law so we have to make sure they stay quiet or we'll get fined. We already have shitty neighbors who have called on us once before for another neighbor's dog barking so I don't want us to get into trouble.

Are there any tips/advice on keeping them quiet?

I have to wait another week before getting the female ducks as Wilco won't have them until 4/12

Thanks in advance!

 

[Cayuga momma]

Do they have to be KC's?

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

My ducks are waaaaay louder than the chickens. I can hear my ducks inside our house about 2 football fields away from us, the best part is they love to go crazy and let our long and looouuudd quacks at 2 am. You will be fined a lot

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

There’s really no way to “keep” them quiet. They’re quiet when they want to and loud whenever they want to!

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Do they have to be KC's?

Yes

 

[Fishkeeper]

That's kinda like getting a dog and expecting it not to bark. If you can't have loud ducks, don't get a loud duck breed. The noise is how they communicate, you can't very well try to stop members of a social species from talking to each other.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

That's kinda like getting a dog and expecting it not to bark. If you can't have loud ducks, don't get a loud duck breed. The noise is how they communicate, you can't very well try to stop members of a social species from talking to each other.

Very well explained!

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Thanks for the feedback everyone!
Looks like Colonel will just have to go without females since there's no way to keep ducks quiet.

 

[LilyLoo]

I have 2 one year old khaki Campbells and one of my girls Loo is a noisy bad duck. The other one Lily is a quiet good duck. I also have neighbor issues I worry about. Some mornings Loo screams her head off yet other mornings she is good. Have you concidered other quieter breeds? I love my girls very much and am prepared to fight a good fight if it comes to town noise issues. But if I had to do it over , I would rethink the breed for sure.

 

[Cayuga momma]

Thanks for the feedback everyone!
Looks like Colonel will just have to go without females since there's no way to keep ducks quiet.

You can get colonel a male duck friend. There is plenty of people who have successful bachelor groups.