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Names
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Le canard Kaki Campbell, . . original ?
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Country Of Origin;.
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........ Great Britain. An early 20th Century
Breed
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Carriage;
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Angled carriage laced feathering
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Purpose;...
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.......Eggs..meat(males)
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Egg Colour
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; .....................300-350
white
eggs/year weighing approx., 71-75 gms
each
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Egg Numbers
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.............300+
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Breed Defects. .
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. . . .Blue eggs or as below
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Breed info
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.. . . . . . . designed to be with chickens a
splasher rather than a swimmer
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Breed Hints....
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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**
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Weights;
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4 to 6 pounds . . .Meat Production:
High quality very lean meat approx. 1.25 to 2.25
kg drakes at 16/18 weeks
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Breed Tip
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Incubation: 28 days Maturity: ie
rubbish broodies and mothers, normally sit for
65% of time needed or lose any resulting babies
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Flying .
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rarely flies a good back garden all rounder;
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Genetic profile Khaki
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Gene :Dusky
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symbol md
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Recessive.
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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
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Genetic profile White
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Gene :Recessive white
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symbol c
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Recessive.
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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
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Genetic profile Dark
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Gene Dark Dusky Phase
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symbol Li+
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Dominant..
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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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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
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
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 . A Blue so far partially unstable format is
produced bt Dark males to khaki females******
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
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.
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