Member Reviews: Indian Runner

First, watching a runner duck run is awesome. They can find their own food. They aren't like pekins in water. Mine haven't started laying but I heard their decent.

I have raised most every type of duck and many of those breeds have come and gone but the Runners have always been part of my waterfowl collection.  They are fasinating ducks and come in such diversity of colors that they will provide years of enjoyment and challenge your ability if you are interested in breeding the different colors.

I got my first Indian Runners during the summer of 2012. I raised one as a duckling, and the other two were raised with the flock my friend owned. The first one I raised unfortunately died due to health defects. But the other two birds absolutely thrive and are healthy as can be.  My two girls are absolutely unsocialized and that has made handling them tricky. However despite this the birds are easily herded and can be brought into the coop without too much trouble if they don't adhere to the usual schedule.  I feed them on a daily basis, however they don't need to be fed that often as they enjoy and almost prefer foraging. Some days they will ignore the feed I leave for...

My indian runner is pretty much the best, right at this second she is curled up on my lap, giving out the cuddles. She doesn't panic at much, is super social and friendly and easier to train than any other animal I've ever owned.

As everyone will say about Indian Runners, their upright stance is one of their most desirable and comical trait. They look like little bowling pins with feet! I got 2 little females from Metzer Farms. I had a great experience with them and they shipped healthy and happy. I think ducks have great personalities, very different from chickens. It's nice to have them as a variety. Runners are supposedly good layers, mine are not old enough yet though egg production is why I bought them. Many people say Runners are more skittish than other ducks, but I wouldn't attest to that necessarily, and mine imprinted on me so I'm sure that's part of it. They are very sweet and friendly and...

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I loove my Indian Runner!! He/she is very nervous but is getting use to everything (:

For anyone looking to get into ducks, these are the perfect breed to start with. They are hardy, relatively quiet, great for all climates, and make fantastic layers!   My runner Frances is  working to become a licensed therapy pet, she is extraordinarily good natured and friendly. They make excellent pets when socialized young. Anyone willing to put in the work can have a happy people friendly duck in no time. On the other hand, I have rescued a few runners and with all of my work, some have only just become tolerant of me.   Each hen lays an egg a day about the size of a large chicken egg. They come in all different colors and it's absolutely hysterical to watch...

Mine are lots of fun, great too watch and they all stay close together, but are a nervous bunch but I guess I don't blame them as the previous poster said they have many predators.

Too cute, running  bowling  pins....Great bug eaters, can catch those pesky grasshoppers, come running when I call dinner, have to be careful as they get under your feet if you have goodies, they will startle if you  move really fast, but not far, they just  realise they are  prey animals and have heard the  term "sitting duck' and are smart enough not to be one....LOL