The khaki-Campbell duck Thread !!!!!!!!

[Ren2014]

Hello Everyone, Im new to BYC but just wanted to drop in and say hello. I am a proud new mother duck for 6 khaki campbells! well 4... im not sure exactly what the other 2 are but they were cute so I got them too! Being as this is the first time I have ever owned ducks or any bird other then a cockatiel when I was 8, I was looking for some good advice and this looked like a great place to start. Below the first picture is of the ducklings at 1 week old. Below that is the 2 weeks old and then 4 1/2 weeks old picture and the duck house in progess below that. It is a 6'x6' duck house and will have a 6x12 run off the side. I am fortunate enough to be married to a carpenter

, which has saved me boat loads of money rather than buying one. Anyways enjoy the pictures as I enjoy seeing everyone else's!!! ....Updated Duck Pen pictures coming soon, I know when I was looking for ideas all the pictures helped a lot!!

Hello and

Looks like the other two may be Rouens or Mallards from what I can see. Your duck house looks great! Can't wait to see the final pic

 

[Ren2014]

Hey everybody
well I have a question any hopefully yall can help me out so when we got are 6 ducks it was just a straight run an we ended up wid 4 males an 2 females..... is this going to be a problem an should I get a couple more female ducks or should we be ok????



Any help will be greatly appreciated

I think you are going to have a problem. 3-5 females for each male is a good average for ducks. Your females will get ganged up on and get hurt. I would definitely get more girls or re-home some males.

 

[Brookhavens]

Who says Khaki's don't go broody. My little lady is sitting on 16 eggs.

 

[Cassie Collins]

Aa

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Who says Khaki's don't go broody. My little lady is sitting on 16 eggs. [/quote Aawww, so exciting !

 

[TherryChicken]

My muscovies are sitting on 16 too. Go mama kahki!

 

[Britesea]

Who says Khaki's don't go broody. My little lady is sitting on 16 eggs.

 

[CraftyChicky]

Well I am the proud mama of 6 khaki Campbell ducks. I was in Tractor Supply picking up chick food....and guess what they had! So, unexpectedly home with 6 ducklings. Two hours later they are cozy in their little brooder that was rapidly thrown together for them.

 

[CraftyChicky]

Here are the little guys. So cute.

 

[Brookhavens]

I knew she was going broody when she stopped laying eggs in the nest boxes. She has been an excellent egg layer since she started last fall and then a few weeks ago there was no egg. After a week without eggs I tried searching for her nest but had no luck what so ever. She was still out free ranging with the chickens and then when she disappeared 2 weeks ago I knew something was up. She would come out at dinner time to eat and go for a swim with her mate and then disappear behind a huge bush that is up against the house. I knew she had a nest in there but didn't want to get cut up from all the thorns on the bush. Yesterday I heard her quack and was able to locate the nest and get a quick picture of her.

As for incubating the eggs I have had very good luck with them. I usually keep the humidity in the low 40's for the first 25 days and then in lockdown I up it to the low 70's. I use a Sportsman incubator so they are upright from start to finish.

 

[Britesea]

They are so cute! Had they been sexed so you know what you have?
Our Grange CoOp had KC's for sale, but I had to wait 2 days until the paycheck came in. By the time I went back they were all gone

so I will have to wait until my Silver Appleyards are ready at Holderread's.