- Jul 7, 2009
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Hi,
In England, just before christmas, there was a story in the news about Englands oldest duck. She was a wild mallard type that had been hand reared and was 22.5 yrs old.
I have read that ducks can live anywhere from 10-20 years...but this was ducks in general.
When looking for Campbell ducks life expectancy I found it was anywhere between 8-15 years...but this didn't say if it was a drake or female.
Today I was told by a Runner breeder, he breeds prize winning runners, that the actual life expectancy for a commercial egg laying duck is more like 2-4 years! This sucks, as some of you are aware of my lovely little white campbell that is an egg laying monster.
So, my question is, what is the life expectancy for the following female ducks:
Runner Duck
White Campbell
Khaki Campbell
Muscovvie
Which duck lives the shortest out of all domestic ducks?
Cheers,
Woka
In England, just before christmas, there was a story in the news about Englands oldest duck. She was a wild mallard type that had been hand reared and was 22.5 yrs old.
I have read that ducks can live anywhere from 10-20 years...but this was ducks in general.
When looking for Campbell ducks life expectancy I found it was anywhere between 8-15 years...but this didn't say if it was a drake or female.
Today I was told by a Runner breeder, he breeds prize winning runners, that the actual life expectancy for a commercial egg laying duck is more like 2-4 years! This sucks, as some of you are aware of my lovely little white campbell that is an egg laying monster.
So, my question is, what is the life expectancy for the following female ducks:
Runner Duck
White Campbell
Khaki Campbell
Muscovvie
Which duck lives the shortest out of all domestic ducks?
Cheers,
Woka