What's the difference between a mallard, a Rowan and a Campbell?

[JADe Hatcher]

I was trying to figure out what duck breed is quietest and looked it up on Google and found that they said that Campbell's are a quiet breed are there any other quiet breeds? And what is the difference between a mallard a Rowan and a Campbell?

 

[PirateGirl]

Here is a link to a pretty good breed comparison chart. Once you are there you can also click into each breed for further info.

https://www.metzerfarms.com/DuckBreedComparisonNew.cfm?affiliate=&CustID=21655738

I have not had rouens or mallards in my flock so I can’t really comment on their personalities or anything. Campbell’s are flighty/skittish, chatty, and excellent layers, though their eggs aren’t that large (about the same size as my chicken eggs).

 

[Jpat]

My Kahki campbell was the one i always heard first, But others say their quiete. Not as loud as my chicken hens though

KCs are small but built for laying eggs, Some claim 250 to 300 a year!

Mallards are like wild mallards, They are small and have great charms

Rouens are like domesticated mallards, They look like mallards but are bigger

Out of the three i couldnt say which ones the loudest! Hopefully others can say

For mallard or rouen ducklings, Notice the eye stripes

For adults

Rouens:

Mallards:

Kahki Campbells

 

[Jpat]

Here is a link to a pretty good breed comparison chart. Once you are there you can also click into each breed for further info.

https://www.metzerfarms.com/DuckBreedComparisonNew.cfm?affiliate=&CustID=21655738

I have not had rouens or mallards in my flock so I can’t really comment on their personalities or anything. Campbell’s are flighty/skittish, chatty, and excellent layers, though their eggs aren’t that large (about the same size as my chicken eggs).

Didnt mean to post on top of you!

 

[Knighstar679]

If you’re looking for layers and fairly quiet Welshes are quiet. But I think the most quiet is the Muscovy.

 

[curliegirlie89]

I’ve had all three of these breeds. The KCs are exactly as described above; great layers but skittish. The Rouen is a bigger duck. I only have drakes, so I don’t know about laying capacity. The Mallard we had was a drake and he loved to bite your ankle. I have found them all to be talkative but no where near as noisy as my chickens, especially the roosters. I think the Rouens are the most talkative out of the bunch and the KCs the least but they all talk when they see us coming with the food bucket.

 

[Texag87]

KC is the loudest we had but the Rouens talk more. Since Spring arrived, I do not hear a lot of full quacks just clucks mostly. The Pekin we named Quackers never quacks anymore. She just clucks and wags her tail when she sees us.

 

[MallardMomx2]

I only have mallards so I can’t pitch in about the others, but mallards are great pets and fairly quiet. When the females want to talk about something though- they will! Also with mallards, be aware that they can fly unlike many other types of ducks