White Khaki Campbell Duckling

Helikaon · **Joined:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:13 am **Posts:** 10

Hey Guys,
I purchased a khaki campbell trio of ducks and one drake, I incubated a few eggs this season and one hatched out white. all the others are normal khaki coulouring, is this considered a throw back or something else?

cheers
H.

doggo · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:02 pm

Almost certainly both parents carry the white gene which is recessive. The theoretical expectation from such a mating is one in four white offspring.

ColacWaterfowl · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:02 pm

Are the khaki campbell pure? do you know their ancestry?

Helikaon · **Joined:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:13 am **Posts:** 10

to be honest i cannot say whether they are totally pure or not i did see the parents and they looked pure, and were the only ducks the man had. The comment on recessive makes sense as i got one out of 5 ducklings but also the ducks and drake are direct siblings. So i must have two hets in the mix somewhere. Well the white one looks pretty cool. cant wait to see when it gets some more feathers

ColacWaterfowl · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:30 am

I hope they are pure, 1 in 5 sounds like the right odds for splits he or she will add a nice contrast the the darks

Young Family · **Joined:** Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:52 pm **Posts:** 1

Do the white campbells look very similar to the pekin ducks not size but colour of feet,leg and bill ect.....

FLAPYDUCK · **Joined:** Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:20 am **Posts:** 5

Any pictures?

StarFowl · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:53 am **Posts:** 1

I found some on the internet but not duckling pictures can you post any please?

FLAPYDUCK · **Joined:** Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:20 am **Posts:** 5

Yes thats what I am hoping to see too

Helikaon · **Joined:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:13 am **Posts:** 10

Im now questioning their purity, ive put some photos up of the white and 3 fo the normal looking ones their feathers are just coming through now. But i gave a friend of mine some ducks eggs at the same time for their kid to incubate in his new incubator and they produced this bugger which theyve given me, not sure what it means but i figured its probably a throwback. Hopefully you guys can confirm or deny what it is. as you can see hes got a white bib and white wing feathers coming through, i assume its not a pied.

looking forward to hearing what you think cheers
H.

first the white

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