We want ducks, need help to make up my mind on breed.

[shay20]

Hello, ok our next step is we want to get a few ducks, I really want those beautiful white ones that are all big and fluffy in the back of the duck, but those are hard to find, well price range too.

But i was thinking on advice what you all think on these breeds.?
Crested blue sweedish
black east indea
crested khaki campbell

 

[melody]

I have jumbo pekings and fawn and white runners. I love them. The pekings are big and white,sweet and my runners are very friendly and comical.

 

[Sebrightmom]

I have white call ducks, Cayugas, and chocolate runners. I love them all. The calls are very loud. The runners are so funny. The cayugas are quite. If I had to pick one of them to keep, it would be the cayugas.

 

[Chosen Chickens]

The black east indies are little (1 to 3 pounds) and are good fliers, so keep that in mind that you will need to worry about clipping/pinioning with those ones.... if you just want a black duck with a green shine and dont want to worry about flying then maybe the cayuga would be a better choice. The cayugas are around 8 pounds in size and less "wild"

 

[shay20]

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Ohh yea, i dont want to have to worry about that.

 

[shay20]

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chocolate runners

do you sell eggs?

 

[barred-rocks-rock]

Get Cayugas! They are pretty good at producing eeggs, are beautiful, and are almost as quiet as muscovies.

 

[Sebrightmom]

I only have two hens. They run loose with my cayugas. I got them for eating eggs. I could get you some eggs from them when they start laying again, but they would be crossed with my silver cayuga. The runners are great ducks. I was looking for a drake for them but can't find a chocolate one. I have found black ones. I might get a drake for them and try hatching out some eggs. I really like having the runners around.

 

[protodon]

I recommend Cayugas because they are very sharp looking, somewhat rare and I've made it a point to recommend Cayugas to people.

 

[ConchRepublic]

What about a Muscovy? They aren't hat pretty to look at imo, but they are pretty much dogs in duck bodies.