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Duck Breeds: 14 Breeds YOU Could

Own and Their Facts at a Glance
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Learn about 14 Duck Breeds you could own. At a glance, you will be able
to tell their breed characteristics, temperament, amount of eggs laid a
year, interesting facts, broodiness, size, and which birds make a good
meat bird. Great pictures included and information about mixing duck
breeds are also included.
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Duck Breeds YOU Could Own
At this point you fall under one of three categories:
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1. You’ve never owned ducks before.
2. You’ve owned ducks but weren’t prepared and lovingly and sadly gave
them away declaring, “I’ll get more someday when I’m ready!”
3. You currently own ducks and…
1. Love, love, love them!
2. Love them but are annoyed by the mess they make in the chicken
water…or any water they can find.
If you’ve made the decision to add ducks (or re-add ducks) to your
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property, there are several duck breeds to consider. It’s important to know
what your end goal is when choosing a breed. Are eggs, meat, or both
important?
You can find a lot of articles here on A Life of Heritage that

will teach you a lot about poultry and be sure to check
out DUCK DOUGH: Profitable Poultry Bundle–It’s FULL of
to-do lists, checklists, record keeping sheets, and resource
pages that will keep your flock healthy and YOU organized!
These questions answered:
Duck breeds with pictures
What duck breeds are great for eggs
Duck breeds that make great meat birds
Duck breeds for pets
Duck breeds chart
Information about mixing duck breeds
At a glance, here are 14 breeds to choose from.
This is your starting point to success with ducks. Choosing the right breed
will be a key factor in your success and satisfaction in owning ducks.
Let’s begin!
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Pekin Ducks
White with yellow feet and bill
Docile, friendly, calm, and hardy
150-200 white eggs per year
Not broody
Heavy bird: 8-9 pounds
Ideal for eggs and meat
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Buff Orpington Ducks
Both the duck and drake have buff plumage, orange-yellow shanks
and feet, and brown eyes. The drake’s bill is yellow while the duck’s bill
is brown-orange.
Hardy, a generally docile, flightless, and great forager
Occasionally broody
Ideal for eggs and meat
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Indian Runner Ducks
They come in various colors including black, buff, fawn, white, gray,
and chocolate.
Active, and energetic but friendly and excellent foragers. They walk
upright and rarely swim but love to bathe. They are non-flight birds.
150-200 white or greenish eggs per year
Small bird: 3-5.5 pounds
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Mallard Ducks
The females are brown with blue wingtips, the males have a distinctive
greenish head.
High energy, “talkative”, good-natured and excellent flyers
60-120 greenish eggs per year
Broody temperament
Small bird: 2.5 pounds
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Swedish Ducks
Blue, black, or silver (splash) with white bibs and slate bills
Very calm, extremely hardy, good foragers
Broody temperament
Heavy bird: 5-6.5 pounds
Saxony Ducks
Drakes: oatmeal with a burgundy chest, silvery-blue wings, and

charcoal gray-blue heads with a white ring around their neck and
orange bills and feet. The hens are fawn-colored with white eye stripes
and orange bills and feet.
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Active, alert, energetic, and excellent foragers. A rare breed in the U.S.
200 white eggs per year
Broody temperament
Khaki Campbell Ducks
Light brown with a bluish-green bill. The hens have brown feet and the
drakes have orange feet and greenish heads
Skittish but great foragers
Up to 300 white eggs per year
Not broody
Light bird: 3.5-5.5 pounds
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Muscovy
NOT a duck (as we generally know them to be). Now that I have your attention. The
Muscovy is a different species of duck. As noted below you can see the differences
they exhibit.
“They have a body like a duck; they nest, attack predators, and hiss like a goose; they
roost like a chicken, and they have a plump breast like a turkey. The male Muscovy has
characteristic fleshy growths around the eyes called caruncles.” ~Source
Cream-colored Eggs
Thrives under free-range conditions
Leaner meat than a duck
Heavy Bird: The male Muscovy can become very large (10 to 12 pounds); the female is
smaller (5 to 6 pounds).
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Crested Duck
White feathers with a ball of feathers on top of their head. This is also
called a “crest”. This cute crest, however, is actually a genetic
mutation. They have a gap in their skull that is covered by fatty tissue.
This can pose problems like seizures, neurological problems, and an
overly aggressive male may cause damage when breeding.
May be a bit nervous. But can be great pets.
Up to 200 white eggs per year
Because of their genetic mutation, breeding a crested duck to a

crested duck can be fatal for their offspring. And 1/4 of the eggs that
are fertile won’t even hatch. And if they do, half of the surviving
ducklings won’t develop a crest.
Light bird: 4-6 pounds
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Call Duck
Usually, they have white feathers but recently more colors have
become available. They are also very loud and talkative.
Very calm temperament and fun, playful attitude
60-100 pale green eggs per year
May go broody
Fun facts: Originally bred by duck hunters. Their calls and quacks
attract the wild ducks to the hunting area. But since the artificial duck
calls and decoys have replaced them almost entirely, they are mainly
raised as pets.
Light bird: 1.5 pounds
Be sure to check out DUCK DOUGH: Profitable Poultry

Bundle–It’s FULL of to-do lists, checklists, record keeping
sheets, and resource pages that will keep your flock healthy
and YOU organized!
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Magpie Ducks
Possible Colors: usually are black and white. They may also be blue
and white with an orange bill.
Calm and quiet temperament
200 eggs per year which can be cream, white, green, and blue
Lighter bird: 5.5-6
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Welsh Harlequin
Males resemble a male mallard with a beautiful green head, brown

body, and white ring around their neck. They have an orange bill. The
females have a black bill, brown and white feathers, and a blue
speculum feather ban.
Calm bird and great foragers
200+ eggs per year that are somewhere between a white and light
blue tint.
90% of them can be sexed at just a few days old by the color of their
bills.
Medium bird: 4.5-5.5 pounds.
Raised for meat and eggs.
Critically endangered.
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Cayuga
Black iridescent feathers. They can look green in certain lighting. They
have black bills and feet. The older birds of laying hens may have a bit
of orange on their feet.
Calm disposition
150+ eggs per year that have a charcoal or black/gray colored shell
Developed in the U.S. near Cayuga Lake in New York.
Heavy bird: 7-8 pounds but slow-growing.
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Rouen
Nearly identical to the Mallard but they are larger and too heavy to fly
away.
Calm disposition
150-200 eggs per year that are tinted blue
Heavy bird: 6-7.9 pounds
Raised for both meat and eggs.
Information on Mixing Duck Breeds
It is possible to raise and mix duck breeds together. But when doing this,
be careful with extreme size differences. Larger drakes can hurt the
smaller hens. Watch the ratio of drakes to hens or raise all hens together
and there shouldn’t be any problems. For more information on raising
ducks, visit this link: Raising Ducks
Duck Breeds Chart
You may use and share this chart below, but please give credit and link to
A Life of Heritage.
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This information gives a lot of insight into which duck breed will work best
for your property and situation. Which breed catches your eye right off?
Go online and study more. And learn all you can about that breed!
Be sure to check out DUCK DOUGH: Profitable Poultry
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Bundle–It’s FULL of to-do lists, checklists, record keeping

sheets, and resource pages that will keep your flock healthy
and YOU organized!
Now that you’ve chosen your breed you need to do some more reading:
Raising Ducklings
Raising Ducks
Duck Egg Facts
Expected Duck Egg Color
Hatching Duck Eggs
What Do Ducks Eat?
You can read more about duck breeds here, here, and here.
By Delci Plouffe
Ducks, Farm Living
Ducks
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suzanne Oberempt
Tuesday 7th of December 2021
last year i collected duck eggs from our community duck pond muscovy
mostly had 16 ducklings some definiatly muscovy off spring the others
are a mixed bag of colors brown and even 2 yellow and grey completly
different from the parents!!! what the heck happened?
Katie
Sunday 25th of July 2021
Your picture of the Saxony duck is a call duck. The coloration is

identical, so it is an easy mistake to make. Otherwise a very informative
article.
Diane Kornegay
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Sunday 12th of April 2020
I’m having a hard time finding some of the ducks featured in your
article. The few I have found require a minimum number to order, too
many for my situation. Any suggestions? Thanks so much, Diane
Delci Plouffe
Monday 13th of April 2020
Good question! Is it possible to order with a group of people in your

area? That way you can split the cost and the ducks but each of you
get what you want? That may be an option!
May
Saturday 19th of May 2018
The Muscovy IS a duck. It may be a different species from other breeds

of duck, but it is still classified as a duck in the animal kingdom.
DANIEL
Tuesday 22nd of October 2019
Hi my name is Daniel m stay at south Africa I want to breed piken duck

Thanks
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Duck Breeds: 14 Breeds YOU Could Own and Their Facts at a Glance https://alifeofheritage.

Duck Breeds: 14 Breeds YOU Could

Duck Breeds YOU Could Own

At this point you fall under one of three categories:

1. You’ve never owned ducks before.

3. You currently own ducks and…

1. Love, love, love them!

You can find a lot of articles here on A Life of Heritage that

These questions answered:

Duck breeds with pictures

What duck breeds are great for eggs

Duck breeds that make great meat birds

Duck breeds for pets

Duck breeds chart

Information about mixing duck breeds

At a glance, here are 14 breeds to choose from.

White with yellow feet and bill

Docile, friendly, calm, and hardy

150-200 white eggs per year

Heavy bird: 8-9 pounds

Ideal for eggs and meat

Buff Orpington Ducks

Hardy, a generally docile, flightless, and great forager

150-220 white eggs per year

Heavy bird: 7-8 pounds

Ideal for eggs and meat

Indian Runner Ducks

150-200 white or greenish eggs per year

Small bird: 3-5.5 pounds

High energy, “talkative”, good-natured and excellent flyers

60-120 greenish eggs per year

Small bird: 2.5 pounds

Very calm, extremely hardy, good foragers

120-180 white eggs per year

Heavy bird: 5-6.5 pounds

Drakes: oatmeal with a burgundy chest, silvery-blue wings, and

200 white eggs per year

Heavy bird: 7-8 pounds

Khaki Campbell Ducks

Skittish but great foragers

Up to 300 white eggs per year

Light bird: 3.5-5.5 pounds

Leaner meat than a duck

May be a bit nervous. But can be great pets.

Up to 200 white eggs per year

Because of their genetic mutation, breeding a crested duck to a

Light bird: 4-6 pounds

Very calm temperament and fun, playful attitude

60-100 pale green eggs per year

Light bird: 1.5 pounds

Be sure to check out DUCK DOUGH: Profitable Poultry

Calm and quiet temperament

Lighter bird: 5.5-6

Males resemble a male mallard with a beautiful green head, brown

Calm bird and great foragers

Medium bird: 4.5-5.5 pounds.

Raised for meat and eggs.

Developed in the U.S. near Cayuga Lake in New York.

Heavy bird: 7-8 pounds but slow-growing.

150-200 eggs per year that are tinted blue

Heavy bird: 6-7.9 pounds

Raised for both meat and eggs.