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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: apple and sauce on September 12, 2010, 08:48:26 pm

Title: which duck?
Post by: apple and sauce on September 12, 2010, 08:48:26 pm

We have Chickens,Pigs and Horses.We are interested in having some ducks.I like the idea of a blue egg layer.Which is it?What Ducks would you recommend?

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: Hermit on September 12, 2010, 08:58:53 pm

Swedish blue lay blue eggs and are a good meat bird.

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: doganjo on September 12, 2010, 09:19:57 pm

I have what I have always thought is a khaki campbell female and she lays pale blue eggs.

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: apple and sauce on September 12, 2010, 09:43:48 pm

Im after an egg laying variety.Rather than a meat breed.

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: CameronS on September 12, 2010, 10:02:07 pm

i have a runner duck. and it came from a blue/green egg

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: doganjo on September 12, 2010, 11:25:46 pm

Quote from: apple and sauce on September 12, 2010, 09:43:48 pm

Im after an egg laying variety.Rather than a meat breed.

KCs aer egg layers, not much meat on them ::) ;)

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: Hermit on September 13, 2010, 07:25:08 am

Swedish blue are a dual bird,mainly for meat though as they are a large duck.....and tasty.

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: OverWyreGrower on September 13, 2010, 09:37:29 am

My Runner duck lays a pretty bluey-green egg  :D

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: doganjo on September 13, 2010, 10:03:49 am

If my five eggs hatch this time they are Blue Swedish x Khaki Campbell, but I won't be eating any of them  ;D ;D

Title: Re: which duck?
Post by: Hermit on September 13, 2010, 10:18:57 am

We  are self sufficient so we breed for meat, we did try to sell some but could not keep as they would be related to each other and get a bit freaky :D In the end we had to kill all the young as we only got one bloke who is banned from keeping animals wanting them!