100 AMAZING Khaki Campbell Ducks let loose on a rice farm

Описание: 100 AMAZING Khaki Campbell Ducks let loose on a rice farm.
Ducks used in rice fields are a great way of clearing weeds and pests, fertilizing crops, and providing your ducks with free food.

Surprisingly, integrated duck rice farming is not very popular in Thailand, whereas it is commonplace in Japan.

In our opinion, the Khaki Campbell ducks are the best ducks to keep for this particular type of integrated farming.
Khakis are quick across the rice paddy fields, good scavengers and superb hunters of bugs, snails, crabs, and fish.

MORE KHAKI CAMPBELL INFORMATION
Class (Bantam / Light / Medium / Heavy)
Khaki Campbell - Light | Mallards Bantam, White Crested Medium and Pekin Heavy.

Temperament (Very Calm / Calm / Nervous)
Khaki Campbell - Nervous | Jumbo Pekins Very Calm and Mallards Calm.

Weight (kg)
Khaki Campbell - 1.3 to 2.2 | Mallard 0.72 – 1.6 and Jumbo Pekin 3.6 - 5.

Egg laying (per year)
Khaki Campbell - 300 | White Crested 130 and Runner 200.

Egg size (grams)
Khaki Campbell - 75-85 | Mallard 65-75 and Pekin 90-100.

Mothering (Poor / Fair / Good / Very Good)
Khaki Campbell - Good | Pekin Poor, Buff Fair and Mallard Very Good.

Fertility (%)
Khaki Campbell - 87 | Welsh Harlequin 75 and Mallard 90.

Foraging Ability (Very Good / Good / Fair)
Khaki Campbell - Very good | Muscovy Good and Pekin Fair

Flying Ability (Fair / Good / Very Good)
Khaki Campbell - Good | Muscovy Fair and Mallard Very Good.

OVERVIEW OF THE KHAKI CAMPBELL DUCK
Campbells can come in three colour varieties: khaki, dark, and white. The Khaki Campbell drake is mostly khaki-coloured, with a darker head, usually olive green, lacking the white ring of its Mallard ancestors.
The Khaki Campbell duck has a more modest plumage of Khaki covering the entirety of the body. Despite popular misconceptions of skittish or flightly behaviour, Campbells are a very gentle, passive and friendly breed when raised by hand until maturity.
They are a good breed for young families and children to raise.

The Campbell breed's egg production can exceed even the most efficient domestic chickens', with the breed laying an average of 300 eggs a year.
When provided with a moderate, "duck-conscious" environment to live in, they will lay more than a modest number of eggs per week.

Khaki Campbells mature at approximately 7 months. They seldom hatch out others' young; however, in very communal situations, they do hatch large broods together.
Most brooding behaviour has been sacrificed in exchange for prolific egg-laying ability in this breed. When raised by hand, the ducks are not usually defensive of their eggs or nests, making egg collection very easy.
When ducks are not present in the process, mechanical incubators or broody chickens are used to hatch out Khaki Campbell ducklings.
Incubation takes approximately 23 to 28 days for a Khaki Campbell duckling to hatch and eggs need to be inspected for ducklings that have not emerged from their egg completely.

HISTORY OF THE KHAKI CAMPBELL DUCK
Mrs Adah Campbell began poultry-keeping in 1887 and later purchased an Indian Runner Duck, an exceptional layer that formed the basis for developing the Campbell Ducks.
She cross-bred Rouen, Indian Runner, and Wild Duck to produce them. The resulting birds were prolific layers. The Campbell breed was introduced to the public in 1898.
In an attempt to create a more attractive buff-colored duck Mrs. Campbell resorted to further cross-matings.

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