5 Reasons to Raise Khaki Campbell Ducks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- 5 Reasons to Raise Khaki Campbell Ducks. I've been raising Khaki Campbell ducks on our farm for a little over a year now and I though I'd share why I chose this breed above all others. Hope you enjoy the episode and feel free to leave a comment and don't forget to hit the LIKE button please. If you're not already subscribed, please do so and check out my channel. Cheers. #ducks #duckhouse #khakicampbellducks
I love my four khaki Campbells so much! They're so consistent with laying and so loving and friendly
Haha ur lucky if yours are friendly… mine stay 15 feet away from me at all times 😆 kc lay like crazy eh crazy 😜 🦆
Do they remains silent or do they make noise all the time
@@mrgreen3319 for the most part they quite, but they freak out very easily. If I walk closer to their house they panic and quack and run away 😆 🦆
@@HiddenSpringFarm then which is the best breed to keep for homestead which would remain quiet all the time without any issue...
@@mrgreen3319 I think Muscovy ducks are fairly quite
I just got 4 baby Khaki Campbells and they have been amazing I can’t wait until they are older, I also got 2 blue Swedish ducklings too ❤ your video
We're on our way home with 4 of them haha. They're so adorable.
Awesome!!! Best of luck
You kinda went all out with that duck mansion! Wow! Lol!
Yup that's how I do it. It was supposed tp house the geese too, but they started eating the duck eggs so I'm building them their own house now. Plus I want to be able to stand up in there when it's cleaning time. You should check out my chicken house...One of a kind octagonal house with 7 coops. Cheers bud.
Yeah, Another Really Good Duck Breed is the Welsh Harlequin! They are Hybrids of the Khaki Campbell, and are really good layers and have a beautiful white and brown plumage!
Ah yes and they’re very beautiful birds too
Love our ducks. Don’t have khaki campbells currently, but do love the breed! -Erinn
A lot of opinions out there about how messy they are, but I don’t find them any more messy than chickens. As long as they have a place to be messy.
Awesome video, I learnt some much new things about this duck breed. I used to have a Khaki Campbell myself, his name was Daffy and lived for almost 10 years. Keep up the solid videos mate 👏🙏
Amazing, 10 years for ole Daffy. Good life. Cheers.
Best lookin' coop I've seen yet !
Thanks bud 🤙
I did not know any of this! I love this channel 🦆
👍 Thank you Chad!
Hey Chad I had a bit of time to come watch a few of my fellow friend's videos. Love the way you explain everything. Good job!!
Thnx Mal, it’s really hard to keep up with everyone, but nice to stay in touch once in a while eh. Especially with me, I’ve been putting out 3 vids a week all summer lol. Who has time to watch 60 mins of videos a week lol. Stay warm out there Mal, cheers.
I looooove my khaki Campbell ducks!! So sweet ❤❤❤
Just picked up some khaki campbells today, I am so excited!
Wonderful!
THANKS .................👍👍👍.............................AND LONG AND HAPPY LIFE...................................
I enjoyed your funny personality and enjoyed seeing your animals.
Haha thank u so much. It's always a fun time here at the farm.
I will be looking into these types of ducks. We had some and we lost them all. It seems like these would be a great breed to have thanks for sharing
Good luck! I find them so easy to keep. sometimes we have too many eggs from them. great ducks.
Great work
Appreciate that thanks 🙏
We just sold our Ducks for now. Hated having to say goodbye to them because I love Ducks. Going to build them a place before I bring them back. Ducks need a place to be nasty, LOL. Your setup is inspiring
Yup they need their own area for sure. It was great free ranging them in our orchard this summer cause it kept the house and run pretty clean. Hope you get some more ducks in the future.
Thanks brother
appreciate you watching bud
Cool video, thanks
Glad you liked it! Thanks.
Fun video
Thanks bud.
Very good video
Thanks so much 😊
Interesting tips, thx
Glad it was helpful!
@@HiddenSpringFarm yup, entertaining also^ 😉
Hey Chad. I haven’t watched much TH-cam since my mom passed a month ago, but I just got caught up on your videos. It’s always an enjoyable watch with Molly, the cats, all the birds and everything farm stay related. Thanks for sharing great content that I know will be enjoyable even when I’m dealing with a difficult time of life.
Really sorry to hear about your Mum. I lost my Mum about 10 years ago and she wasn't even 60 yrs old. It takes time to reflect. I was wondering why I haven't seen John around. Condolences bud. Although I'm glad maybe we can brighten someones day, we're clueless being a world away of what's actually going on in one's life. You just take care of yourself John ok. Anyways the videos will always be there now in the interwebs lol you can get caught up in due time. Chad.
Sad for you and your loss. You will never stop missing your mother but the pain will ease with time. May YHVH give your His strength and shalom through your grief.
Thank you @@BonnieBlue2A . He is faithful and exceedingly merciful, and nothing in life takes Him by surprise. Even when things don’t make sense I’m able to rest because He is sovereign over all things.
I just lost my mom 2.5 months ago. It's hard every day, but the loss also encourages me to good things I wouldn't have done otherwise, so it helps think of my challenges positively, too. We don't need to know the answers just yet. Someone Above runs the world.
Your vids would b great for teaching kids about farm life!
That would be something to see eh...Wannabe farmer Chad teaching some little kids lol...I think I could do it. Maybe write some kids books first lol. I got enough stories to tell at least.
I want Khaki Campbells too, and chickens, and a homestead. Maybe kune kune's, NZ rabbits ... Anyway, thank you for the helpful video! Those ducks live in a duck mansion!!
Awesome git r done.
This dude is Jimmy Neutrons dad IRL and I'm here for it
Haha Right On 🤙
I had a friend who was a veterinarian. She said that duck meat has more iron in it than chicken meat.
So glad to see your hen had a white spot. Hoping our one that has a white spot is a hen duck.
Yeah it's always nice to have a hen that is a bit different. If you're into naming them it helps to distinguish her from the others cause they all look alike lol.
Yes, we do name our flocks, after family, friends and neighbors.
“It’s got a duck deck on the front. Got an execution device on the side.”
I just got 6 today. They were too cute to pass up.
Any ideas for coops?
Duck eggs taste great.
Yes they do and are amazing to bake with too bigger and richer.
Id be happy to have such a great cottage for me !
Haha right!
Awesome duck’s chad. Could make a cambelles style soup, duck soup… wonder what varieties we have out here…🐸🍺🔥🔪
Yeah they pretty great ducks. We get about 4-5 eggs daily from 9 hens. My wife’s been selling balut and salted eggs. We did harvest 5 ducks last fall. My wife made duck adobo, Molly loves duck meat too. Never had any kind of duck soup though.
I guess I have a freak khaki. She is huge!!! A good bit larger than our Cayugas even
She must have great genetics. She’s a keeper. One of our hens hatched 2 yellow ducklings a while back. Supposed to be brown but it’s a mystery.
Do they remain quiet or they make noise all the time
I could live in that duck house.
Haha 😆 Right on!!!
Hey Chad
Does your sheepdog guard the ducks? I lost a bunch when I let them out to free range early one summer morning. No feathers - no blood - no sign of where the five went. Wondering if a dog would help when I wanted to let them range in various otherwise unprotected areas.
No these dogs are just our farm companions and live with us. Although if I trained them as lgd as pups they would. OES are not the go to lgd but historically we’re used to herd and protect flocks of sheep, hence their name. That being said just the presence of the dogs during the day will keep ground predators away, aerial predation is a different story cause a hawk, owl or eagle could take a duck easily. We also free range our geese with the ducks and they act as guards too cause no one messes with a goose. Keeping a livestock guardian type dig such as a maremma or Great Pyrenees will keep predators away but they should live with their flock from a young age.
My favorite duck breed are the Indian runner ducks
They are awesome ducks too lol. Standing tall they are. All ducks are awesome eh.
What about runner ducks, are khaki’s better than the runners? TY! Great video!
I have no experience with runners but I'm sure they have similar attributes.
Try raising Indian Runner breed with Khaki , equally good breed
thanks for the info. What's more annoying noise wise, ducks or chickens with a rooster?
Roosters for sure, ducks are a bit noisier than chickens but roos take the cake.
It seems that khaki Campbell’s are the most popular for homesteads. I’m stuck between them and magpies. I don’t see the magpies a lot though. I’m starting a small backyard homestead, I’m still in a neighborhood so I don’t have acreage. Are khaki’s a better choice?
I mean khakis can be quacky too, so not sure if the neighbours will care. Muskovies I hear are fairly quiet ducks. Here on the farm I don’t worry about noise, I love the barnyard sounds. Ducks are a lot of fun too.
Theyre also flightless 😉
Great point
Semi flightless
Yea very true, semi flightless. They can fly but not in the same sense as normal birds, they cant fly high or for long distances. Its more like an extended jump
How cute! But which is bigger, bantam chicken or khaki campbell duck? Bcus im considering here
Thanks bud, they're very close in size...bantams might be a little plumper
Great videos! I've 60 khaki campbell ducks but don’t know that are these original or cross breeds.
Wow 60 ducks!!! Must be super quacky fun. The KC descend from the Mallard. Two of our hens just hatched 16 ducklings too.
@Hidden Spring Farm That's Great! How many ducks do you have in your farm?
@@zeewayfarer3264 oh we just have 14 adults (4 drakes, 10 hens) but a bunch of ducklings just hatched so we have a few more now. Two of the ducklings are yellow…usually KC ducklings are brown. Not sure what’s the reason, I wonder if a goose can breed with a duck? Or maybe it’s an albino duck.
My sister has a lot of chickens and 3 khaki Campbell ducks but is it fine to contain them in the same area? Because the chickens and ducks are in the same area and also there use to be 4 but 1 died sadly
They can surely live together, but in my opinion it’s best to separate them. Ducks need an area to get nasty. Ducks will dirty up any available water unlike chickens. They both eat the same food, both eat bugs. Chickens will roost, ducks nest. The water is my issue but they most certainly can live together 😄
Garth Brooks vibees
Fantastic video
But I have a question
I am in Egypt and want to have homestead birds on my property roof
But I don't know what bird should I start with as a beginner
I think between duck and turkey and chickens
What is the difference in keeping
Sorry 😔 if my English is not good
My goals in keeping is to start with small family breeeding them to be a big group
What are the birds or duck breeds that are easy to breed
The duck breeds available in Egypt is muscuvy
And the normal turkey
And white ,red , and mixed
Muscovies are known for being fairly quiet and good mothers so they will sit on the eggs. Chickens can fly a bit more than ducks. Our ducks can only fly a few feet off the ground but chicken can get as high as 5 feet. I have no experience yet with turkeys. Ducks need a lot of water everyday, both chicken and duck like to eat bugs. Watch a few more videos to learn more too it’ll help. Best of luck.
@@HiddenSpringFarm thank you I will surely watch more videos
I just got two Khaki ducklings and they're amazing. One thing they've taught me...don't raise ducklings with baby chicks. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge with us!
Oh yeah I mean they can survive but two much difference with the water and feed. Ducks are crazy but cute though. Much hardier than chicks too. Thanks for your kind words.
@@HiddenSpringFarm I thank you for uploading this video and sharing your knowledge with us. Khaki ducks are amazing. I just had them swim in some water, supervised of course because its their first time. Oh, one more thing...I like that pad you built for your ducks!
I keep my chickens and ducks together in the same yard, but they have different housing. For feed I use an all flock pellet and add oyster shell for laying. They are all doing great
@@beautybabiesandblessings5363 amazing! Great setup.
How do your khaki Campbells not bite and run from you? I have two 4 week olds who are so skittish! I try to hold and "tame" them, but they just aren't having it. They don't want me to leave their sight, but don't want me to do anything with them lol How can I get them to calm down?
Khakis are very skittish. I’ve handled ours since they hatched and they still keep 10’ away from me. None of them have ever bit me though. The video makes it look easy but trying to grab 1 duck is a chore and I have to corner them. I’m still trying to see if I can get em calm though.
Do you have any issues with hawks, eagles or other preditors?
We do have aerial predation but the geese do a great job of protecting the ducks and we haven’t lost one yet. Plus they get put to bed every night and there are not too many day predators.
I would love to have khaki Campbells but sadly can't find any in my country 😕
Oh that’s too bad, they are very hardy and lay a ton of eggs, even better than many chicken breeds. But any breed of duck is better than none.
@@HiddenSpringFarm yup , no doubt about it
I couldn't do free range way to many predators here.
When you have building skills...why not.
YES!!! 👏
We don’t eat the duck or turkey eggs. We use them for baking and bartering. Been trying to find a bakery to buy them off me but no luck yet.
Oh yes the richer yolks in the eggs makes everything you bake so much better. I traded a guy a bunch of duck eggs for 4 Embden goose eggs and that's how I got our 4 guard geese.
@@HiddenSpringFarm great idea I’ll try and trade some duck or turkey eggs for some geese.
You probably already are but selling fertile eggs is a good money maker
factually most chickens drop off at 4-5 yrs in production not two! however they slow down significantly quickly once it starts.
but their production starts to decline and then by 4-5 there are hardly any eggs right? Every bird is different. We have some black leghorns and they were laying fine then they stopped laying for 7 months then started to lay again. So far our Rhode Island chickens give the most and biggest eggs. The ducks lay a lot leading up to breeding season every year then drop a bit.
is Khaki Campbell duck too noisy to neighbors?
They certainly make some noise…quacking and such especially if they r frightened by something
My Khaki Campbells are so beyond lazy haha. I swear all they do is chill under the trees and sleep haha. Not to mention they refuse to go for a swim in the pond
Haha they're so lucky to have a pond. Ours do they job foraging bugs first then chill under the trees.
Do they eat ticks like turkeys and chickens
I’m not exactly sure, but they most likely do. If they can eat slugs they can eat ticks.
@@HiddenSpringFarm fun fact my first two wives neither one of them like the idea of chicken a buddy of mine who was in his late 50s at the time told me how he got his wife on board he started talking about Lyme's diseases and text in the following day he walked up slap the back of her leg and go oh my God that's a tick on you it works LOL
@@thekevorlando haha that sound like a great way to change her mind 😂
Do they require vaccines?
How many of these could you fit in a suburban backyard? Think housing development.
a small flock of ducks don't really need a lot of room. In a backyard I'm sure 8-10 world be fine. With a small coop, protection from predators, they eat a ton of bugs. They don't need to swim either, but need constant access to water and won't fly away. Funny creatures too. Just remember not all zoning allows, depending on the municipality.
@@HiddenSpringFarm I’m currently petitioning the township. We aren’t allowed any egg laying fowl, but many people are now pushing back because of egg prices. I sent a formal request to the board of supervisors to allow chicken, ducks, and/or quail as people need to feed themselves. I was told two others called to ask about that today.
With a bit of luck, I hope to one day have Khaki Campbell ducks, even if it’s just four females.
@@angrydwarfofdoom so you mean you could have all males? sounds ridiculous. well good luck to ya. KC ducks will lay just as many eggs as the best chicken layer, they are hardier and they live longer. Hope it works out. government overreach at its best eh.
@@HiddenSpringFarm Females. Or do you recommend having a drake?
Yeah, I hate that I have to ask permission to do something on my own land. Do I really own it?
@@angrydwarfofdoom hens will give u eggs no matter what. A Drake will fertilize the eggs do u can hatch ducklings. But you don’t need a drake.
How much a khaki Campbell lays egg a year?
They lay a lot…we get approx. 250-300 eggs per hen in a year and the KC hen will lay very well for a good 5 years.
@@HiddenSpringFarm That means they're awesome layers...Btw I'm from India just bought a hundred of ducklings couple of weeks back, till now they look fine..umm not much idea about ducks but I'm slowly trying learning them and thanks for the reply tho
@@jaybee01 well our hens started laying around the 7th month if I recall. Boy you’re gonna have a lot of great eggs.
The Indian runner duck is a greater version than the khaki Campbell duck
runner duck is even more slender than kc at least with kc you can use as dual purpose eggs/meat. Both are great breeds I'm sure.
that hungry rodent ws nt bad company
Two minutes in, 1/4 of the video and he hasn't said anything about ducks. :-(
These are not pure Campbells.
Pure Campbells has black feet .
I don’t think that’s true, drakes have orange feet, hens brown feet.
@@HiddenSpringFarm
I searched in Google about them .
@@zyzz3152 oh well if google says so it must be true 😂
@@HiddenSpringFarm
You talk like a fifth grader .
Your ducks are crossbred , oh sorry do you even know anything about breeds
Woman … git in da kitchen and make me a duck egg omelet … with bacon !!!
I wish I had back the last 9 minutes and 56 second of my life.
And yet you still found time to leave a comment. Thnx.
@@HiddenSpringFarm a good 9 minutes is wasted, what's another 5 seconds on top of that?
I found it very entertaining and learned a few things. Sad that you felt the need to be such a jerk.
Fool
All ducks,chicken,geese,turkeys,wild birds don't have nervies in their legs
Amazing eh
Never teach a dog to get eggs if your not there they will eat them fast to
Exactly, train your dogs to find the eggs not eat em.