POINT OF LAY DUCKS - EGG LAYERS
Ducks are easy to look after and happy providing thay have water, food and somewhere safe to sleep. They are generally lazy and after their initial dash to the water in the morning
when they are let out they will sit on the bank of the pond all day doing nothing. To get them in at night just open the door and call and they will come rushing in
especially if they think they are getting some food! Ducks of different breeds will mix together happily and you can keep more than one male together as long as you have enough females.
We have lots of different breeds of ducks and depending on the time of year we have lots of different ages from 1 day to 1year old (most of our ducks
will be up to 20 weeks old but sometimes we have some slightly older.
We cannot list very breed that we have and sometimes we might list a breed that we haave sold out of so please
don't be afraid to give us a ring and ask what we have in stock even if the breed you want is not listed we might have some. As a result of the large amount of breeds and ages we cannot
produce a price list as stock varies so much and from day to day.
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KHAKI CAMPBELLS
Khaki Campbells are the best known laying duck. They are bred to lay lots of eggs. The strain we keep will lay up to 320 eggs per year.
The Khaki Campbells are medium size and as the name suggests khaki brown in colour, they can be nervous but ours are used to humans and dogs
walking through them and they all come in to our sheds at night.
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WHITE CAMPBELLS
The White Campbells are a white version of the khaki campbell and lay as well(up to 320 eggs per year).
They tend to be slightly larger in size and lay a slightly larger egg.
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AYLESBURYS
The picture above shows exhibition aylesburys these are large, rare and difficult to breed. The normal aylesbury
does not have the keel at the front and is a good dual purpose breed. It will lay fewer but larger eggs than the
khaki campbell but is good for the table averaging around 5-6lb in weight dressed. It is the typical Jemmima Puddleduck
of the duck world with its white body and yellow/pinkish beak. It is a greedy duck but easy to keep.
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PURE BRED DUCKS
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INDIAN RUNNERS
The Indian Runners are the comical upright ducks and are reasonable layers. They come in all sorts of colours
ranging from white to black and every other colour you can think of. They are quiet ducks and can be used to train sheepdogs
and appear in show rings around the UK as main attractions. They are used as they can run quickly without flying.
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The Silver Appleyard is the same size as an aylesbury but not so common. The drakes have a bright green neck and the ducks
have beautiful speckled feathering with blue bars on their wings. A very pretty bird.
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CAYUGA
The Cayuga is a black duck with a beautiful irredesant green sheen in its plumage
which shines and shimmers a bluey purple in the sunlight. Normally kept and sold in pairs
it is a very distinguishable duck but not very common.
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CALL DUCKS
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WHITE CALL DUCKS
Call Ducks are the small domesticated duck.
They were brought into the country to put on ponds to call the wild ducks in. They are very popular now in gardens throughout the country as they do not
take up much room and are an excellent organic way to rid the garden of slugs. The female has a very appealing quack and they come in
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