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Pony-n-trap

  • Joined Jul 2010
  • Aberdeenshire
White Campbells
« 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!!

Daisys Mum

  • Joined May 2009
  • Scottish Borders
Re: White Campbells
« Reply #1 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.
Anne

Pony-n-trap

  • Joined Jul 2010
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: White Campbells
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 01:32:46 pm »

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!!!

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
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Re: White Campbells
« Reply #3 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
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

 

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