Will Khaki Campbell Ducks Hatch Eggs Naturally?

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

Today, August 5th the two hens sitting on that huge nest proved me wrong 😆 Check out my Community Tab for the new duckling update. They did great after all those rotten eggs and hatched out a small flock.

[@Godzilla20191]

@@hajarfaska4636I don’t think they are native there so I think not

[@Look-to-NatureHomestead]

So excited to receive my Khakis... impart because your excitement is addictive. I need to be part of the experience... wish me luck!

[@yeagerxp]

Well done, Informative the same goes for domesticated Coturnix quails, they start laying at 7-8 weeks old but don't sit on the eggs. Domestication of most birds deadens their natural instincts 👍👍👍 . Thanks for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

Yes very true, most of the time none of our birds will sit but these ducks are sitting but they’re just no good at it. Their body can’t cover 18 eggs lol.

[@20NewJourney23]

Of my four khaki girls two started to go broody. They never would actually set on the eggs but they were protecting the nest (or lack of one). They are not quite a year old, and this spring was their first since they started laying. I bet next year Squeakers will go broody. I'll let her raise her own ducklings. I don't need more ducks (since I just ordered quite a few) but I'd like to let them do whatever they want to do in that regard.

[@WheelsPawsAdventures-hq5ng]

You do such a great job with your animals and I love your duck's

[@AlexK26496]

Good morning Chad 👋 what a kool vid, learned something interesting again ! Olive is so smart and sweet and it looks like Molly was taking a break 😁 Love those kitties too ! 💓

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

Never thought of this video as that, but I guess so eh. Even I learned a lot creating this video. Olive is sweet for sure and she’s doing great with all the animals. With puppies it’s hard to keep them calm, but the more exposure the better.

[@leonafaryna7617]

I love the on and off topics! Those ducks are hilarious when it’s time for bed. It looks like they are punching out after a long hard day at work. Olive and Maggie are pretty sweet together and Fozzy is living his best life and looking pretty fit. What are you going to do with all the baby ducks?

[@AlexK26496]

I'll adopt one 😃

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

And they're usually go in single file lol. We'll most likely keep a few hens to add to our flock, the rest my Darlin will turn into gourmet dog food. The cats don't like the taste of duck, but the dogs love it and it's very healthy for them. A few of the Rhode Island hens are looking a little worse for wear so they'll probably become dog food too. The young meat birds are for our freezer for us.

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

Haha if you were close I'd give u a small flock.

[@AlexK26496]

@@HiddenSpringFarm LOL if we lived close by I'd be volunteering on your farm just for the joy of watching everything evolve and being a part of something so awesome.

[@AlexK26496]

Yum 😋 those puppers eat well !

[@wendypatterson6091]

Well, my Khaki Campbell hen just hatched a batch. I have taken them from her due to a weather change. Have always heard they do not make good mothers, didn't want to try. She made an incredible nest. Well hidden in a thicket. She sat well. I also have coturnix quail , they too have hatched chicks. It's funny how each setting is very different.

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

Very true and in this video I took some of the eggs and put them in an incubator to finish BUT a few days later those two hens hatched the rest of the eggs in the nest. 16 ducklings they hatched right after I said they weren’t good Mums 😂 Strange thing is 2 of the ducklings are yellow. They are all khaki Campbell not sure how we got 2 yellows. Have u ever seen that before?

[@wendypatterson6091]

@@HiddenSpringFarm my khaki just had two lighter colored ones too. Not sure I could call them true yellow ,but much different for sure! These darn birds can teach us something everyday. Lol

[@SelenaShea]

i had one who just hatched a baby and she kept leaving it alone and then abandoned the nest a couple days after so we had to take her eggs and incubate the rest. we’re hoping to reintroduce them soon!

[@clarkl4177]

You got me 😂 at "the panic in the duck hatchery"! Oh My! Yes, the confusion and bewilderment were evident...yes Guinea moms in the wild are also a sight to behold --a TERRIBLE sight 😮

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

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[@SuperTechnicalman]

Thanks for your videos. i'm learning a lot.

[@20NewJourney23]

My Khakis learned to lay eggs in the coop, in the nest boxes or in a nest they make in the bedding in the coop. But my khakis grew up with chickens the same age, so they learned to lay eggs with the chickens in the nesting boxes (or again, on the ground in the coop in a nest). I hope my younger girls that are currently approaching laying age, and the newest ones set to arrive the week of July 8th will learn to lay in nesting boxes, too. :)

[@dc.9035]

I have treated many chickens with infection with alocol sterized accupuncture needles and skin morning and evening.Put antibiotic cream on infected area afterwards. They healed.

[@markcolyer1989]

My hens are Fantastic sitters and mothers not lost a Duckling out that hatched so far and DoG the DUK the Drake we go everywhere together and been on TV and always in the papers meeting and greeting members of the public lovely vedio thank you.

[@dudesh437]

Thanks! Very informative

[@ujangcreator]

Very inspiring👍👍👌😍😍😍

[@Maggie-Gardener-Maker]

I'm glad to see you are trying to assist the breed of Khaki Campbell ducks, they are on the watch list at the Livestock Conservancy for heritage breeds in the USA. I been thinking of raising them for the eggs but I don't plan on having a drake, at least not in the beginning.

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

I had no idea they were in decline. I like KC cause they are very winter hardy and the produce an insane amount of eggs...almost like a leghorn chicken. Funny enough right after this video of me talking about how they're not great mums the two hens sitting hatched 16 ducklings. Strange thing though, 2 of the ducklings were yellow. One turned into a zombie and almost died but I brought it back from the dead and its ok now.

[@Maggie-Gardener-Maker]

@@HiddenSpringFarm That is wonderful and I'm so glad you let them try because as you said those two duck mamas worked together, their offspring may be more likely to have the same instincts, time will tell if you let them try too. Maybe it's a matter of the caretaker like you providing the right habitat and atmosphere that this breed needs to be successful in hatching their own chicks and bonding to them.

[@Maggie-Gardener-Maker]

@@HiddenSpringFarm That is wonderful and I'm so glad you let them try because as you said those two duck mamas worked together, their offspring may be more likely to have the same instincts, time will tell if you let them try too. Maybe it's a matter of the caretaker like you providing the right habitat and atmosphere that this breed needs to be successful in hatching their own chicks and bonding to them.

[@AndreaRoberts-xd7us]

Thank you for the info because I have 3 female and 1 male Kiki Campbell ducks. 1 of mine have started to bury her eggs.

[@briannakelly26]

Anyone with a black cat is my soul family. Side note: if they're popping a squat anywhere in the yard like pekings they're not good moms for sure. Sitting ones have that urge even if they end up not being that great. Good thing is ducklings almost all naturally are born knowing how to forage unlike chick's who rely heavily on mom for guidance

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

Dexter Morgan is an amazing cat. We did have another black cat named Stormy...she was my first. She used to ride on my shoulders wherever I went on the farm...in my tractor, in my atv. She was my bestest cat and very friendly. Sadly she was taken by a coyote last spring. Dexter is doing his best but he's no Stormy. I miss her. Our Claw Crew do an incredible job on the farm keeping the rodents under control. These ducks are really amazing foragers. I don't even feed them when they're free ranging in the orchard cause they find so much to eat for themselves.

[@briannakelly26]

@@HiddenSpringFarm 🤣one of my favorite shows. Love it! We've had run ins with coyotes as well and our pekings were kept past slaughter so they didn't put up much a fight. Our rooster is a demon spawn so he really stays in the pen with the new chicks and mommas but we ended peking reign and got the exact ones you have now so we'll see how they do. They're already foraging in a play pen when it's warm enough and indoors until they're large enough. Had one cat but a neighbors cat killed it so they never got another despite my suggestions. I'm not in the state most of the year so my Dobermans aren't on the farm with me to scare anything off. Hopefully they'll be ok. Also, I hope dex stays firey 😆 we love the affection but the fire is priceless on the farm.

[@elleodyn]

We are getting khaki campbells in a month. Thank you for all your great content! I'm also in Canada - where did you get your brooder? What one would you recommend>

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

well I started using a big rubbermaid bin but the bedding gets too wet too fast so I switched it up to a wood pen that I built which I switched to an open coop in our 7 coop chicken house. Make sure you give them heat though as they'll need it while they have no feathers. I make sure to handle them often too as they are quite skittish. i think I'll try this summer to build a tiny mobile hut to brood them in so they can be on grass and I'll have no work to do. I mix brewers yeast in chicken starter feed so they can get some niacin to help build strong legs, better of you have water fowl food but very hard to find. best of luck, I have a bunch of videos in a playlist if you need more info.

[@elleodyn]

Thank you for such a great answer! I will watch your other videos. @@HiddenSpringFarm

[@evelynrogers7145]

Seems like when people let ducks and geese do it naturally doesn’t seem to go well

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

And now I experienced this first hand and it’s true. If I hatch in the incubator I get 90-95% survive. This round was less than 10%. I guess domestic birds are very different from wild birds.

[@hamoudialghazali3219]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂hhhhhhhh🤣🤣😆😆🙂🙂

[@blakemcclain1970]

Mother nature is always better are you kidding me? Well most of the time. lol. I just put some Call Ducks and Kaki Camble's in my incubator so i hope they hatch

[@meditatiigermana7568]

They sure are not the best mothers, but to say they are not good mothers is quite wrong. The set up they have is not the best as long other ducks can still come and lay their eggs in the clutch. About the humidity part: they can do it quite well as long as they have access to water to jump in. The conditions you have to create in a brooder are the ideal ones. Just look up "dry incubating/hatching" and you will see its still possible to hatch eggs, with a very good rate of success and without adding water.

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

I remember this episode vividly last year. The next few days after releasing this video 16 ducklings hatched from the two hens sitting. So your right about the perfect conditions. The miraculous thing is that all our ducks are Khaki Campbell and of the 16 ducks 2 of them were yellow. They grew up to be a perfect white and are part of our flock today.

[@musicteacher5757]

Stolen story: a family had a Doberman. When the Dobie was barking and approaching their geese, a gander grabbed the dog's tongue and didn't let go. The dog avoided the geese from then on.

[@gooseyloosey5612]

So sad. Mama duck trying so hard sitting on her nest, losing her weight for literally nothing...

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

I know right. BUT if you look at my community tab I posted today that the two hens hatched a ton of ducklings so they totally proved me wrong 😉 and 2 of the ducklings are yellow…never seen that before in khaki Campbell ducks.

[@tarahaugo4503]

Do ducks steals other ducks eggs

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

I don’t think so, but they will lay in each others nests. Each hen doesn’t have her own nest, such as in this video 16 of those eggs hatched the following day after filming.

[@dudesh437]

Why are you speaking tagalog?

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

Practicing

[@dudesh437]

Ayus! Magaleng!