Need advice on choosing a heavy layer breed

[melodylee]

I re-homed my drakes, all but one a mallard I raised from a lil' baby... I got attached

and I have 5 hens (so 6 ducks all together...I call them hens to make things easier)
anyway, I want a kind of duck I don't already have...and not your basic white duck...and no runners (i'm picky

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here is what I have already:

muscovy
swedish
crested (patterned like a swedish but a tan color?) never figured out what breed
and
2 anconas
2 welsh harlequin ducklings
and of course the mallard drake

 

[ChickenToes]

Khaki Campbells would be good. They are generally pretty friendly and lay lots of eggs.

 

[melodylee]

Thanks! I look them up.

 

[pardygwyn]

You might check out Metzer's Golden 300s, too. All of the ducks are shades of brown, but each looks a little different since they're a hybrid. Fun!

Edited to add: also check out the Golden Cascades at Sandhill Preservation! VERY pretty birds, also formerly from Metzer.

 

[mgibbzzz]

I have campbells, sweedish, and caygua that lay every day and have larger eggs. My runner only lays every other day and the eggs are much smaller.

 

[melodylee]

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I'll look these up too thanks! hmm my crested duck kinda looks like these golden cascades...

 

[duckling 1234]

Look up Gold Star Hybirds on McMurray.

 

[gryeyes]

I'm in love with my two Cayuga ducklings. What little I've read about them seems to say they're good layers. However, the Khaki Campbell duck is reputedly the BEST laying duck of all. (So sayeth the University of California at Davis.)

 

[barred-rocks-rock]

Cayugas!!!

 

[melodylee]

I'll be looking to buy an adult...so are'nt Cayugas hard to find? they are beautiful though.