Posts by duckyfromoz

haha...   Trout Runners..  So funny.   Usually i get links to table linen when I google things about Runners.    I need to take some photos of some of the babies I have grown out over the last few months-...

Quote: Originally Posted by IamSamSam  So who is getting ready to set eggs on first weekend of march for the Easter hatch along?     NO-one is laying here right now.  I just filled the incubator with...

Great to hear about the rain Satay- but i have seen photos from up that side of the Country and see some areas have had more than a fair share.   Im currently recouperating from having my tonsils removed and although home- havent...

AS a teenagers I was regularly found down on my knees hand scrapping the last of the waste in the bottom of the bathtub buried into the ground- duck poop- no matter how old - smelly - moldy pudrid... never bothers me anymore...  ...

Some breeds are more seasonal layers than others. Do depending on what breed you have they may not lay either way right at the moment.  Some better laying breeds or strains of duck will lay almost year round- and providing extra...

Hi Lexi - keeping her in a confined space is the best thing until you can get to to a vet. She may have just sprained something- or even just have a thorn in her foot causing her so much pain she cant walk,  But it could be more...

Many people that keep roosters in an area they are not allowed will keep them in a soundproof night box.  You could try that at least and see if it work for a duck too.  

Size isnt always a big indicator - I breed Harlequin coloured Indian Runners- so I am just going by what I know from my own flock.   The males heads will darken as they molt and get their next set of feathers.  Good...

There is also this thread here on BYC.   Heaps of conversation about the breed on it.  Im sure if you posted some specific questions people would be only to happy to help out with some answers for...

Gee...  Sorry i havent been around for a while...I would have helped you in your search.   I often get calls from people saying how hard it is to find Runners here- but I have them all year round...and know a few people in...