HISTORY;
Campbell's have a well known history ...it was introduced in 1901 by
Mrs Adelle Campbell of Uley , Gloucestershire who wanted a breed for
laying white table eggs that was not broody , reluctant to fly off and
reacted nearer to a fowl .It was bred from Mallard ;Fawn and White
Runners and Rouen with a very vague standard in order to keep the
utility properties of the breed. From these a white sport was
standardized as the White Campbell and a Dark Campbell was created by a
Mr H R S Humphreys in Devon to enable a classic gold / silver cross
mating for sex linkeage. This colouration did not find favour after the
second world war and declined to almost critical levels and although
the white and the khaki are often seen very few breeders keep the dark
Campbell and due to the small gene pool a number throw eye stripes
which are incorrect for the breed and a throwback as are any of the
colours that lay blue or green eggs ... these birds should not really
be bred from as not up to the breed standard.
It was admitted to the American Standard in 1941.
Broodiness: pretty useless most will sit long enough for you to put
fertile eggs under her then walk away. Bred to be a non sitter but as
many are crossed unless bought from a good breeder some will sit but
are rare
Needs: Do not require water for swimming to stay health, but they enjoy
it. Prefer shallow trays or even a washing up bowl with a brick in it .
. no brick produces a tortoise with webbed feet hybrid very funny but
also Very messy!
Notes:Excellent foragers, keeping gardens and ponds free of, slugs,
snails and worms; bred as a back garden duck two females are very happy
with chickens or on their own and will give a dozen eggs per week if
fed well.
Dark Campbell Ducks
Appearance: Drakes, Beetle green head & neck, Shoulder breast
light brown each feather finely pencilled with dark grey brown shading
to silver grey nearer the vent - Bill blue/grey/green with a black
bean. Legs and feet orange
Ducks, Dark brown version of the khaki with similar lacing. Feet and
webs dark brown colour with slate bill Size: Drakes, 2.5 to 3 kg Ducks,
2 to 2.5 kg
Dark Campbell Defects; Yellow Bill; Any white in neck or bib; Same
feather colour under wing (caused if crossed with Khaki); Lack of
feather lacing in ducks ie uniform smooth khaki feathers like the drake
(caused if crossed with Orpingtons !) Lack of fine lacing in males.
Blue eggs
******genetically a dusky format of the khaki . Blue so far partially
unstable format is produced bt Dark males to khaki females******
White Campbell Ducks
Appearance: Drakes, Orange/Yellow bill, and webs; white neck, back and
tails -
Ducks, White with Orange/ yellow bill and webs Size: Drakes, 2.5 to 3
kg Ducks, 2 to 2.5 kg
White Campbell Defects; Flesh coloured Bill; Eye stripes in young birds
as they feather... covered once they get their adult plumage. Brown
eyes. Blue eggs
KHAKI CAMPBELL Ducks
Appearance: Drakes, Green bill, greenish bronze head, brown-bronze
neck, back and tails -
Ducks, Khaki colour with green bill Size: Drakes, 2.5 to 3 kg Ducks, 2
to 2.5 kg
Khaki Campbell Defects; Yellow Bill; Pinkish Bill. Any white in neck or
bib; White or light under wing (caused if crossed with Darks); Lack of
feather lacing in ducks ie uniform smooth khaki feathers like the drake
(caused if crossed with Orpingtons !). Blue eggs
Names:-Le canard Kaki Campbell, . . original ?
Country Of Origin;......... Great Britain. An early 20th Century Breed
Carriage; Angled carriage laced
feathering
Purpose;... .......Eggs..meat(males)
Egg Colour .....300-350 white eggs/year weighing approx.,
71-75 gms each
Breed Defects. .. . . .Blue eggs or as below
Breed info . . . . designed to be with chickens a splasher
rather than a swimmer
Breed Hints....Kept as trio or more. will go not broody and hatch as a
rule ** unsuitable as a pair in Khaki due to the energy of the drakes **
Weights; 4 to 6 pounds . . .Meat Production: High quality very lean
meat approx. 1.25 to 2.25 kg drakes at 16/18 weeks
Breed Tip Incubation: 28 days Maturity: ie rubbish broodies
and mothers, normally sit for 65% of time needed or lose any resulting
babies
Flying . rarely flies a good back garden all rounder;
Genetic profile
Khaki
Gene :Dusky / symbol md / Recessive.
Allelic to mallard and restricted and recessive to both. The dusky
pattern is darker and plainer than the mallard both in the day-old and
adult. Breed examples are Khaki Campbell and Buff Orpington
Genetic profile White
Gene :Recessive white/ symbol c/ Recessive
This gene is responsible for the white in common white breeds. In the
homozygous state, recessive white masks all other color genes . as in
the White Campbell
Genetic profile Dark
Gene Dark Dusky Phase/ symbol Li+ /Dominant..
This gene is the wild-type gene present in the mallard and the Rouen
breed. It allows full expression of the three alleles of the M+
locus.They do not have a brown gene but are a darker version of the
Khaki as in :-Allelic to mallard and restricted and recessive to both.
The dusky pattern is darker and plainer than the mallard both in the
day-old and adult.
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Campbell.........Breeders
Danetre School, Northants (June Wilson)
07904 001 758
Corinne Downing, Cornwall
01726 821
118
White
Laura Ewan & David Kay,
Lancashire
07951 735 599
White
Brian Gilbey, Essex
01621 829 629
Hicks Waterfowl World, Shropshire
01691 655 635
Alan Kerr, Northern Ireland
01265 741
365
John Palmer, Essex
01708 348 088
Ros King /WILTSHIRE/ Tel 01747 870
048/rosking@freenetname.co.uk
Khaki; Dark; White, +a true blue under construction
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