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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: harefarm on May 02, 2013, 09:16:09 pm

Title: Laying ducks wanted
Post by: harefarm on May 02, 2013, 09:16:09 pm

Does anyone know where I can get a reasonable quantity of fairly young or pol laying ducks in Hampshire, Dorset or West Sussex?

Title: Re: Laying ducks wanted
Post by: HesterF on May 02, 2013, 10:04:44 pm

Any particular breed? My goose breeders (New Forest) breed ducks too but not in any great quantities and they're rare breed so maybe not the top layers. I'm hatching Silver Appleyards soon but clearly a way off laying themselves. It's probably a bit of a tough time to be looking for POL - they'll have to be last year's hatch and I guess most breeders won't have hung onto birds that they weren't intending to keep.

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Title: Re: Laying ducks wanted
Post by: Fowlman on May 02, 2013, 11:45:32 pm

I know someone near Salisbury who has POL khaki campbells from a good laying strain. The lady runs www.countryfayre.co.uk (http://www.countryfayre.co.uk)

Title: Re: Laying ducks wanted
Post by: harefarm on May 03, 2013, 08:16:28 am

Thanks Fowlman

I forgot about them. A few phone calls to make later. We have customers asking for duck eggs! Otherwise I would hatch them.

Thanks Hester. I was looking for Campbells but at the moment I will go for any that I can get at a good price for 25 to 50.