This guy is a story teller!

Great presentation, and it is so heartwarming how you love the ducks! Molly is like a toddler out there, getting into everything. Great channel.

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 жыл бұрын

gotta love my Molly eh, she sure is like a little kid. The ducks too have a special place in my heart lol they were the first animals on our farm. Thanks Leona. Cheers, Chad

Very good video! And funny, too! 😄 Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻

Just found your channel! Loved it… you’re entertaining to watch

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!! Glad you enjoyed it. Have a great day, Chad.

Watching for the first time! I have two ducklings that we thought were magpies but now they’re plumage is coming in and they’re looking like khaki cambells. Very informative!

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, magpies eh?? Is that down under?

You are a funny guy. Thanks for information!

Really liked your video first time watching I appreciate your help and knowledge on Campbell ducks ( I have 2 love them)

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, I have a slew of videos on the ducks. I love keeping them, very skittish but funny creatures…and they lay just as good as the best chickens. Two of our hens just hatched 16 ducklings and two of them are yellow. Never seen that before. Either my geese mated with the duck or it’s an albino or something. I’ll keep everyone posted.

Hello! I am newly subscribed! Love your channel, very informative and you and your farm animals are entertaining to watch too. Thank you for sharing, I look forward to watching more videos. My husband and I plan on purchasing Khaki Campbell ducklings next spring. We want to build them a nice coop and predator proof run first, and learn as much as we can on how to raise them properly before they arrive here on our property. I’ve always kind of been that way, not wanting to just jump into things.

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subbing! Glad to have you. I do have a good amount of videos on our ducks. Building my ultimate duck house, ducks free ranging in the orchard, hatching duck eggs etc. Feel free to watch and if you ever have any questions I usually answer all my comments. I'm happy you're looking into ducks, they are great fun and I don't find them any more messy than chickens. Kc's are very hardy and lay just as many eggs as chickens do. Ducks eggs are a bakers dream too, plus we eat them. You're right though...gotta protect them. Be sure to use a hard wire fencing or hardware cloth for the run...chicken wire is only for keeping poultry in, not keeping predators out. Good luck in your planning. Chad

I love how much you love your ducks! We started out as chicken and rabbit people, but the two ducks we got last year have a very unique way of making us laugh and smile kinda like you said. The cayuga female is louder than the darn rooster and she quacks allllll day lol Cool wholesome video, got me to subscribed. Cheers!

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

Yeah ducks are comical little quacksters!

thanks for lesson!! You're right - ducks are amusing!!

Great

I have Muscovy ducks & they barely quack. They are good to have in the city limits. My male duck doesn’t have a curly tail. I did enjoy the video.

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 ай бұрын

Yes I’ve heard Muscovies are the outlier. Very quiet breed, they may fly a bit and no curly tail. They are a nice & big duck though eh 😉

Duck is also a One of my Best Favourite Pet Bird since in Childhood a lot,s and forever. 👌👌👍👍♥

Im looking into getting a Welch Harlequin. I had to subscribe because you make me laugh.👍😄

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you. Harlequins sure are beautiful I hope you get em. Cheers, Chad.

As a fellow duck person it was fun to see someone else enchanted with these hilarious and gross little creatures! I just picked up two khaki ducklings to add to my flock and can't wait to hear whether they Tim Allen or quack.

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I can’t picture our place without ducks

Very funny video. Had to watch it a few times.

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Great vids man!

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

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At what age did your Drakes develop the green feathers on their head?

We have 2 rouens. Will see how it goes before we get more. We love to watch them and they make us laugh too! Can confirm they do have claws!

I'm looking to add some of these to my mob thanks for the info and one of my dogs is obsessed with eating the bird poop 😅

@HiddenSpringFarm

8 күн бұрын

it's a delicacy to the dogs lol

Thank you for the information! I have 6 khaki campbell ducks. They are 7 weeks old. They are my first ducks and I just love them! I'm so impatient to find out what if they are drakes or hens, but I think I need to wait a bit. How old are the drakes when they start being interested in the hens?

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, ducks are a lot of fun even though they're pretty quirky and sketchy lol. The earliest way to tell the drakes is by their sound, but it's pretty difficult when they're all peeping and quacking together. They don't start to mate until a few months in.

I have six and this really helped me as I was wondering if I had all boys . Looks like I have one and 5 girls. Thank you this helped.

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

That’s the perfect ratio. Enjoy the little quacksters!!!

@lizs1572

Жыл бұрын

@@HiddenSpringFarm thank you

That smack in the eye haha great video. Very informative. I’m waiting for 3 to hatch. How soon will I be able to determine the sex?

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 жыл бұрын

haha yeah he got me good lol. Thanks for watching. If you have a good ear you can tell when they're very young by the sound they make. Hens quack and drakes kind of grunt. The colours really start to differentiate after a few months. Enjoy your little quacksters when they hatch. Cheers, Chad.

Subscribed bc of the tim the tool man Taylor grunting

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I loved that show growing up. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Chad.

Aaawww! They are amazing! Love my two drake KC ducks. They are total clowns.

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

2 drakes eh that must be fun. And you're so right on they make me laugh pretty much daily. I have a bunch of little kc's that I hatched out a while ago and they're getting close to being integrated into the flock. That'll be interesting hopefully it goes ok. Thanks for watching. Chad.

Aww, I want to cuddle a duck, they look so soft!

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

haha they r pretty soft especially when they're ducklings.

They are beautiful

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Evelyn Rogers 😊 🦆

Love the accent 😆

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 жыл бұрын

😉

HI! I have had 5 khakis for 5 months. Supposed to have eggs around Thanksgiving. Grateful? Yes!. I love my ducks. 3 Drakes, 2 hens. Everything you said applies to my ducks, too. Just had to clip wings, because one of he hens went straight up in the air and over the fence of the pen. Got her back, I think because she was astonished. I don't want to lose any, but I will separate them Until I can get up the nerve to make dinner out of two of the drakes. Supposed to be delicious. Don't want may hens hurt.

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

You’re on the right track. Too many drakes will over stress the hens. At this time we have 4 drakes for 13 hens with 5 more young hens still growing. The first harvest is the hardest, but you just have to learn to mentally separate pets from food. We did 30 chickens and 8 ducks this year but we also prepare some fresh food for our two sheepdogs. All the best to u and your new flock. Chad.

i got my Khaki's in October and they all still look the same. When will I see a physical difference between the drake and hens?

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

You can tell the difference by the sound they make but it takes a very keen ear. Takes a couple of months before you start to see a difference in the feathers and the colours of the bill.

When did you begin to notice a change in bill color on the drakes?

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Well their feather colourations and bill changed slowly around 3 months, but each one is different depending on pedigree even as adults. Plus I notice the colours change slightly with the seasonal changes. More dull in winter and much more flamboyant in spring as they wanna attract the ladies. 🦆 Very cool animals.

I have a 10 week old mix breed rowin duck and it’s still doing the squeaking sound what could this mean?

1:34 😂

I have 2 dranks that don't have yellow beaks is this normal. I had only 2 females out of 9 eggs rest are male with curly tails.

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

We expect at least 50% male to female but it's not always the case. Out of 12 we hatched last spring only 4 were female. Some of the drakes beaks are greyish, yellowish or greenish I think any is fine, it's just their genetics. Keep in mind that Khaki Campbells descend from the common Mallard duck too. Cheers, Chad.

@JacquelineJaroffaith

2 жыл бұрын

Okay 👌 Thank you 😊

how about if the ducks are younger like 7 weeks old, how can you tell them apart if it is a male or female? I have one and she/he is still young about 7 weeks.

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 жыл бұрын

They all look alike at 7 weeks Marc. Some people say they can hear different sounds but when all the ducks are together and quacking they all sound the same to me, but males definitely make more of a grunt than a quack. It took a few months to determine the sex based on the colours. If you only have one you should be able to tell by the sound..males have a raspy grunt females have an actual quack, but it’s not easy until they mature.

8:16 Very Mallardesque ahahaha

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

very, I'm sure they're descendants.

Haha my dog loves to eat poop too. Even with his expensive food and the fact that he's a boy it's quite odd.

You look like A J styles on wwe 😊

@HiddenSpringFarm

11 ай бұрын

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I just got 6 and it said they were English brown ducks is that what you have

@HiddenSpringFarm

Ай бұрын

Ours are Khaki Campbell ducks

@michaelkijek7816

Ай бұрын

@@HiddenSpringFarm I’m trying to find out what breed mine are not sure if English brown is just a slang name. Thank you for the reply

I found out today they have claws

@HiddenSpringFarm

Жыл бұрын

Haha you found out the hard way eh

Stop eating the duck poop! 😂

@HiddenSpringFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah she eats too much, it's almost like it tastes good or something. lol

It's a thumb

I have 2 Peking ducks, they are roughly 11-12 wks old..1 "quacks" and the other has a low raspy scratchy quack and is smaller. I'm stumped on their sex.neither one has a male feather

@HiddenSpringFarm

10 ай бұрын

pekins are tough they are so much alike. You may be guessing right with the sound they make but you may need to keep an eye on them when they start mating...then you'll know for sure

@flowersintheattic128

10 ай бұрын

@@HiddenSpringFarm ...when do they start to mate? Worse case i'd have to females who lay eggs because if I have 1 male and 1 female, I'd have to get more females..lol.i don't want no more ducks.

@HiddenSpringFarm

10 ай бұрын

@@flowersintheattic128 hard to say but maybe between 4-6 months. Hens usually start laying 6-8 months. But if u have 1 boy and 1 girl they can just be a pair no need for more females unless you notice he’s mating too much and the hen looks in rough shape.

@flowersintheattic128

10 ай бұрын

More questions..like I originally said they both have different quacks, if I have a male, when would he get his male feather. The "quack" is the leader and the raspy one follows..is that a better guess on who is what sex? Lol

She says “if she wants to quack she WILL. And not ‘cause you told her to” just like a woman.

Instead of killing the Drakes you should RE home them. I understand nature but I can’t see how people raise ducks from babies. Then kill and eat em.

@HiddenSpringFarm

2 жыл бұрын

It is an option. We did harvest them for meat along with chickens last year. You gotta be able to separate the livestock from the pets though. Once one makes a decision and strive to be more self reliant, be prepared. It's not for everyone though. We just want to have more of an input as to where our meat comes from and what kind of life they live before that one bad day.