So make sure you plan ahead to make sure we have inventory on hand. We usually have more than a thousand on hand during shipping season. It's prime time to order Campbells. So act now before time runs out. They're great for egg laying and will make a nice addition to your property. Menu Toggle navigation. Khaki Campbell Ducks. Available Ship Dates Ship dates are selected prior to checkout.
First Choice. Second Choice. Estimated Shipping Rates. Weight Campbells are a lightweight duck breed averaging 4 to 4. Good for If you're looking for a great general purpose duck breed with excellent egg laying qualities, look no further. Temperament Khaki Campbell ducks are high-strung, energetic and require a good amount of space as they are active foragers. Egg Production A prolific egg layer, Campbells first lay eggs at five to seven months and average as many as eggs per year.
Campbell created the Khaki Campbell duck with the intention to produce a better egg layer. She bred her only duck, which was a Penciled Runner, to a Rouen drake. A season later she bred the offspring to a Mallard. The result was the Campbell duck. In , the Campbell was admitted to the American Standard of Perfection. The Campbells come in three different colors: White, Dark, and Khaki. However, only the Khaki variety was admitted to the Standard.
The Campbell duck has prominent, alert eyes set in a fairly long clean-cut face, and is an excellent forager. These ducks have prominent, alert eyes set in a fairly long clean-cut face. They have an almost erect, slender, and refined neck.
Their breast is deep and well rounded. Khaki Campbell ducks are not only excellent egg layers but sitters as well. This duck breed is commonly referred to as a multi-purpose type of duck because you can successfully raise it for its delicious and moist meat. They started the Khaki Campbell breed in Gloucestershire, England, during the latter part of the s.
Adele Campbell wanted to create a duck breed that would keep her family constantly supplied with roasted duck. Next, Campbell bred the offspring of the first crossing with a Rouen duck.
This second breeding created ducklings with a larger body that more resembled that of a traditional meat duck. During this era, buff, colored feathers were a fad, so Adele Campbell bred her original ducks with Penciled Runner ducks to create more fashionable plumage. The color created did not exactly resemble a buff and caused Campbell to be reminded of the shades of British army uniforms. She named this new variation of the duck breed she created, Khaki Campbell. It was not until that the Khaki Campbell duck breed first appeared in the United States.
The American Poultry Association ultimately recognized the species. After the Vietnam War when a wave of Asian immigrants came to the United States and brought their love of duck eggs along with them.
Their bodies are lightly covered in khaki plumage, but their dark brown heads with a sometimes olive green cast quickly differentiate them from the wild breed. They come in four different shades: khaki, dark, white, and pied. The American Poultry Association recognizes only the khaki shade of ducks. Members of this breed are lightweight to medium-weight ducks and weigh between four to close to five pounds once mature.
Whether male or female, Ducklings are dark brown to black with a small amount of white plumage in the breast area. This breed is very environmentally hardy.
Khaki Campbell ducks have been known to thrive in cold climates where the temperature dips below zero for even weeks at a time. They also live comfortably in humid and arid climates where the heat can hit upwards of degrees during the summer. Occasionally, a duck may be able to flap their wings enough to get a few inches off the ground and propel themselves forward for may one foot, but that is the extent of their flying capabilities.
Khaki Campbell ducks do not require any specialized type of diet. They can be fed non-medicated chick starter feed as ducklings and either waterfowl, game bird, or chicken feed once they are three months old.
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