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Welcome to the Duck Gallery. Here you can meet the ducks on the farmingfriends farm and all of the farmingfriends duck friends we have met since the website was set up in 2006. Farming Friends Ducks Here are the six Khaki Campbell ducks and one drake that I hatched off in 2008. The drake is … Read more
One of my website readers is looking for a trio of campbell ducklings in France. She says, “moved to france withsome land 6mths ago been trying ever since to get a trio of white campbell ducks [ducklings] can anyone help please” Comment by sue hill I suggested Sue try the River cottage forum? They get … Read more
I often get asked if you should help ducklings hatch out of their shell and how soon to help if the duckling has pipped it’s shell. 12 days ago we had our first duckling hatch. We are new to incubating and honestly, the duck eggs are our learning tools. This little duckling was a total … Read more
How quickly to give ducklings food and water after they have hatched is a very good question, so thank you Elizabeth for asking; “I need some guidance on my soon to hatch ducks. I am not sure how quickly I need to provide food and water for them?” As soon as the ducklings move from … Read more
hello i have just been given 4 4 week old ducklings but i have no idea what to feed them on could you help? Ken Hi Ken, I fed my khaki campbell ducklings waterfowl chick crumbs upto 6 weeks of age then I have been feeding them a growers pellet. If you go to your … Read more
At only a day old my khaki campbell ducklings knew how to swim. It is amazing to see their instincts kick in and watch them as they happily swim around the bucket. My husband’s uncle rears ducks on a large scale and they said that if a new born duckling doesn’t look too lively then … Read more