My ducks

Here are some pics of my 3 ducks and their pen.

1) Jemima



2) all of them



3) Roxy



4) Their pen



5) All of them together again





Sam

they are lovely, what breed of duck are they?

lovely cute little ducks love the white one.
Hudgellboy

They are campbells. The brown one is a khaki campbell and the other 2 are white. They are a good egg layer, laying 300 eggs+. They haven't come into lay yet but are due to around feb, due to winter but it may be earlier.
You can also get dark campbells. You can get blue as well i think, but they are very v.rare.

Sam

I hatched mine from eggs and went for the mini Silver Appleyards. I wanted something small that could give me eggs. I didn't realise that they are quite small (Bantam Pekin chicken size). I ended up with 4 drakes.

I also hatched some Black East Indian ducks, which are even smaller. I at least have one duck

Aww they're cute!

I like the black east Indian and am planning to hatch some along with all the others i got planned.lol

Sam

do your ducks stay in that enclosure all year. im desperate to get some and spoke to andoy earlier,i decided my garden wasnt big enough, however your set up looks ideal.

Yeah there do but i let them at when i'm out cleaning the pens out. The run is 4ftx4ft and i got the house off ebay. They have also got a bowl of water which 2 of them can fit in. I would recommend the campbell as the are a nice size bird not to big or small. but also should lay 300+ eggs a year. not that they have yet, not old enough.

Sam

im getting excited now, maybe i can have ducks after all. i really want white call ducks.

bex46 wrote:im getting excited now, maybe i can have ducks after all. i really want white call ducks.

Smaller ducks are easier to keep and less messy. Just be careful you don't get carried away like me. I have 8 domestic ducks and a pair of Mandarin ducks.

Another option is to go for more ornamental ducks. My pair of Mandarin ducks are no where near as messy as my other ducks. Extremely quiet too, I hardly ever hear them.

do you have a picture of your mandarins and are they big or small.

I don't have a picture of my Mandarin ducks (I must get one tomorrow), but here are some links;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_duck
http://www.acornhollowbantams.com/mandarin_ducks.cfm?id=15
http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/1999/archives/25/roadtests/birds/mandarin_ducks

The male doesn't have the pretty feathers all year round. They tend to look drab till just before the breeding season (late winter / early spring).

They are slightly smaller than my Black East Indian ducks (which are about the same size as a call duck)... about the size of a pigeon maybe.

oh yeah, mine is quail friendly. I have them temporarily with the quails. Gets on no problems with my Bobwhites and Japs

I love your little duck house & run I still haven't been able to find a house big enough on eBay for my boys .... but my oops-purchases have been handy for the quail