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

[Robeenop]

Stick to Roeun, and pekin

 

[Robeenop]

We have our ducks and chickens together and they seem fine. I will be honest we did have some drake on chicken action but nothing the ladies were not able to escape from. I have 9 kc's, 1 Cayuga and we had 6 hens down to 4 because of weezle and a rooster and we have never really had a problem

 

[Robeenop]

I have 30 chickens, mixed flock. I also have 5 ducks, 3 KC, and 2 Roeuns. All get along beautifully.

 

[hac1224]

Can anybody confirm that this little one is indeed a khaki campbell? He was in a mixed breed bin at TSC that was only him, one other definite kc, and a bunch of pekins.

 

[caesargirl]

I just got my first small flock of duckling from Tractor Supply yesterday! They were straight run which makes me nervous because I really don't want all of them to turn out to be male. Has anyone else bought ducklings from TSC, and if they were straight run, how many turned out to be drakes?

Congratulations. They've adorable.

 

[The Duck Ladie]

Here are my Juniper & Holly - I'm looking for a Khaki Drake to breed to them this year (and to cross to my Dark Campbell hens for sex-linked ducklings)! If you're in WI and have an extra, let me know! I LOVE these girls! They were two of my very first ducks - they got me hooked!

And here are some of their eggs:

The HUGE egg in the middle was a double-yolker:

They're SO pretty!!!

 

[nchvac]

Stick to Roeun, and pekin

I'm reading the Roeuns don't lay well at all. Can you elaborate on your reasoning to avoid KCs?

 

[Abesinger]

Congratulations. They've adorable.

One I can see so far

 

[rabbitperson]

Just got some khaki ducklings, two are bibbed, and they just started growing some feathers (at 5 weeks)
Love them so much

 

[nchvac]

Quick question. The lady I am dealing with has 3 ducklings that are 2 weeks old. She asked me if I wanted those with some hatching eggs. Am I right to assume that the spread of age/size will be too much to put these age differences together until they are the same size?

Is there any way to sex a 2 week old duckling? Should the drake be a little larger than the females at that age?

Buying the chicks over hatching eggs gives me about a 5 week head start, but with that said I am a little concerned that the ducklings may be a little skittish of me being I am a stranger. I have had Pekins that stayed skittish and I always thought that maybe if I hatched them out that they would have thought of me as mom more than human. Is this correct? I also stand a better chance of getting the trio I am hoping for instead of gambling on it.

Thoughts, suggestions are appreciated. I am ready to get into the duck business- my chickens are being a pain lately.