Indian Runner, Magpie Khaki Campbell comparison

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Thank you! I have been researching more and I really am leaning towards the Khakis. I sell eggs here from our farm and I think the addition of duck eggs would be very beneficial. I wasn’t aware that the laid so many eggs!

We’re yours good foragers?

I think they were decent foragers, but they preferred the easy food like most of the others. I had some runners also, and they were better foragers.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I had a few Khaki Campbells from Metzer, and they were some of my calmer ducks. I liked them a lot. One was a drama queen, though.

Really wow i’m amazed because every khaki Campbell I ever had was the most skittish of all

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Really wow i’m amazed because every khaki Campbell I ever had was the most skittish of all

I had heard that. I guess somehow I ended up with the calm ones.

 

[Koko Acres]

Why is it so hard to pick just one breed? The more research I do the harder the decision becomes!

 

[FowlProtector]

Why is it so hard to pick just one breed? The more research I do the harder the decision becomes!

I feel the same!!

 

[Jenbirdee]

Why is it so hard to pick just one breed? The more research I do the harder the decision becomes!

Pick runners. There now all settled.

 

[Sondraa]

now have Indian Runner ducks, and they are about a year old.
I adore them. My absolute favorite is the best!

Indian runners are my preference as well. Super sweet and they are easy to round up. My first small flock wound up being 50/50 boys/girls and I didn't have to cull the boys. Mind you they only lived 2 years due to predator attack but they were super chill.

I think they were decent foragers, but they preferred the easy food like most of the others. I had some runners also, and they were better foragers.

Definitely runners are great foragers. I actually give mine their food before I let them free-range every day or they dont eat it. The sparrows get it.

 

[Koko Acres]

Y’all, I must’ve just gotten a bad batch of Runners. I had 5 females and one male that I purchased as adults from a lady, and the females were so skittish it was crazy. My 17 year old daughter named the drake “Rapey Drakey” because he was so aggressive and he killed one of the females while in the act. It just made me afraid they were all like that.

 

[KathiQuacks]

Y’all, I must’ve just gotten a bad batch of Runners. I had 5 females and one male that I purchased as adults from a lady, and the females were so skittish it was crazy. My 17 year old daughter named the drake “Rapey Drakey” because he was so aggressive and he killed one of the females while in the act. It just made me afraid they were all like that.

Yeah, a drake that aggressive isn’t good / normal in any breed, especially not as a single drake and with so many girls. *I believe ducks raised together have better temperaments amongst each other, so that may be a reason to try ducklings this time around.

 

[Sondraa]

Definitely hatchlings together leads to better outcomes more often. I bought my eggs from a lady farmer who had heaps of super happy ducks. Eggs were a side gig for her. This last time I bought from a hobby farmer...again just with happy ducks on land with a lake. They process a drake now and again to manage ratios and eat and onsell duck eggs. Super happy ducks