Aylesbury ducks are good egg layers producing around 30 to 100 eggs per year.  Aylesbury ducks are also bred for the table, weighing in at 10-12.5lb for the drake and 9-11lb for the duck.  As they are a calm breed, they make good pets in your garden with some water to splash in or will enjoy a pond, which they would need for mating, they will rarely fly. Named after the English town of Aylesbury in Buckinhamshire this big farm yard duck was first known during the early 18th century.   Both sexes are pure white with blue eyes and orange legs, their bill is flesh colour although some commercial strains have orange bills.

Aylesbury cross Pekin Ducks are bred for egg production or the table.  These heavy ducks make ideal pets as they are calm in temperament and do not fly.  The looks are very similar to the pure breed Aylesbury ducks being white with orange bills and orange legs.

Khaki Campbell ducks are superb egg layers, they have been known to lay almost daily.   These ducks are ideal for the back garden with water to splash in or on a pond.  They are a medium size duck, the drake weighing between 5-5.5 lb and the duck between 4.5 - 5lb.  They make fantastic pets as they are a placid breed and do not fly.  The Khaki Campbell duck was named as a patriotic gesture during the Boer War when the breed was developed by Mrs Adele Campbell in her orchard in Uley, Gloucestershire in 1901.  We hatch and rear these Khaki Campbell ducks in Surrey so we usually have ducklings and adult ducks available.

Indian Runner ducks.  These very upright, popular ducks are great egg layers and ideal pets, they do not need a large pond, just water to splash in.  They are good layers of a typical duck egg blue coloured egg.  They are active ducks which flock well.  The drakes weigh between 3.5 - 5lb and the ducks 3-4.5lb.  Indian Runner ducks come in a range of colours and we usually have white, chocolate, black, mallard, trout, fawn and apricot.  We hatch these eggs and rear them in Surrey, they are available as ducklings or at point of lay.  

Silver Appleyard ducks.  These ornamental ducks are active foragers and are good for egg production, they lay between 100-180 large white eggs per year, as well as being bred for the table.  Silver Appleyards are available in a standard size and also miniature.  They are a lively, slightly erect duck and the drakes have a dark green head and neck with a silver-flecked throat, the ducks have a silver-white head and neck and flecked through from the crown and along the back and rump with brown-grey.  Ducklings and adult ducks available.

Duck Eggs

Duck eggs are superb for cooking, they make especially good sponge cakes.  Duck eggs larger than hen eggs, have a higher fat content than and taste richer that a hen egg.