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Hey, does anyone here have any runner ducks, we have 4 and are concerned about the winter effect on them. We live in northern Wis. They seem to have plenty of warm feeling down and they have adequate housing of course, but we are concerned with frostbite etc. hoping for some veteran winter...

Hey, does anyone here have any runner ducks, we have 4 and are concerned about the winter effect on them. We live in northern Wis. They seem to have plenty of warm feeling down and they have adequate housing of course, but we are concerned with frostbite etc. hoping for some veteran winter...

It takes a bit for feathers and bills to change we noticed changes starting at about 8 weeks. Male runners dont quack and females do, males just kinda squeak. We had ours out at about 4 weeks but keppt a close eye on them. We dont have a predator problem but still watched them pretty close. I...

Hey, does anyone here have any runner ducks, we have 4 and are concerned about the winter effect on them. we live in northern Wis. They seem to have plenty of warm feeling down and they have adequate housing of course, but we are concerned with frostbite etc. hoping for some veteran winter...

Hey, does anyone here have any runner ducks, we have 4 and are concerned about the winter effect on them. We live in northern Wis. and it can get pretty cold. They seem to have plenty of warm feeling down and they have adequate housing of course, but we are concerned with frostbite etc. hoping...

Hey, does anyone here have any runner ducks, we have 4 and are concerned about the winter effect on them. They seem to have plenty of warm feeling down and they have adequate housing of course, but we are concerned with frostbite etc. hoping for some veteran winter advice. Thanks

If anyone is interested we are looking for a home for a part cochin black with red neck rooster, we got 16 chicks and ended up with 5 roosters

Hi, we live in northern Wis and it can get very cold here and our 4 runners do well as long as they have a dry place out of the wind to nest together, when we got the runners the supplier stressed that runners are very social and do not do well when kept alone. Also they do well to huddle...

Hi, I live in Door county and just joined. I'm getting input about wintering the girls. I'm glad to see there are others from Wis. here

We are not sure about the girls, we got the chicks from a local petting farm that has cochins, barnvelders, silkies, buffs and leghorns. Ours seem to be a cross. some of them are pretty goofy looking. The owner of the farm is always incubating during their season (may-oct) so people can see them...

I live in northern Wis. trying to wade through info to determine what I should do for the girls when its cold....too much / too little heat?

just joined and already getting good info