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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Pony-n-trap on July 04, 2010, 10:30:54 am

Title: White Campbells
Post by: Pony-n-trap on July 04, 2010, 10:30:54 am

Does anyone have any White Campbell Ducks?

I have 6 young ones, hatched from incubator, they were supposed to be Khaki but are white, any idea how to sex them?

I know I could wait til they come into lay and in fact I will do but I may not know who (if any) are the ducks that are laying.  They will all have free range over winter in the veg plot to de bug and grub it but dont want to be keeping a lot of drakes if I'm not getting anything back from them.

Am looking forward to duck eggs, if not it'll be roast drake!!

Title: Re: White Campbells
Post by: Daisys Mum on July 04, 2010, 10:47:02 am

I have kahki campbells and I could not tell until the drakes heads got darker and tails started to curl so afraid I am no help. Their is very little meat on a campbell duck, they are like hybrid hens just egg layers.

Title: Re: White Campbells
Post by: Pony-n-trap on July 04, 2010, 01:32:46 pm

Quote from: Daisys Mum on July 04, 2010, 10:47:02 am

I have kahki campbells and I could not tell until the drakes heads got darker and tails started to curl so afraid I am no help. Their is very little meat on a campbell duck, they are like hybrid hens just egg layers.

Maybe if I look for tails curling up then??

If there is little meat on them then maybe they could live as gardeners to control our slugs!!!

Title: Re: White Campbells
Post by: doganjo on July 04, 2010, 11:09:18 pm

You'll know when they get their voices  ;)  Ducks quack, drakes squeak!  Watch them and listen ;D