Khaki Campbells, do they fly??

[Dances with Ducks]

I got a mini-flyer from Ideal too!! She's a crested Khaki Campbell, hatched mid-June. She's the littlest duck in my flock, I wonder if she will ever catch up. They will all be running and she will pop way up about six feet like a grasshopper and go about twelve feet. When she first started to do this the other ducks acted stunned - they would get all quiet for a few seconds, then start chattering amongst themselves like "Did you see that??!!"
I wonder if she would go further and higher if she were around other ducks who could fly? Ducks seem to be subject to a lot of peer pressure.

 

[Georgia Rose]

Is there any way to keep them from flying off? besides clipping thier wings?

 

[Bec]

My Khaki drake flies all over from pond to pond...all the ponds are over a distance of 10 acres or more.

I am not sure how wing clipping will work, I have never tried it my self, but would imagine that if it works or other flight birds, it should work for ducks too!

You could keep them in a pen to keep them from leaving...that my only other thought.

 

[luishalson]

The fly somewhat like chickens, so they can fly up your fence or onto a tree. Mine ocassionaly leave my farm, which I was wary of at first, but they only go like 100 metres away and they always come back, so I let them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Letting your ducks fly really depends on where you live. If your close to other neighbors who have dogs letting ones ducks fly may give someone's dog a free meal when it lands in their front or back yard.