My sister incubated eggs from our runners! All eggs developed super well, she has 4 hatched and 4 more beginning to hatch! They are so cute!!
Here are the proud parents, she had 4 eggs from each lady (brown and white ducks) gray is the drake....
My drake Gerald is becoming quite bold with my golden retriever....he waits until Scout walks away and then goes for him. Yesterday he started getting closer and my dog was a little more paranoid when he went out to go to the bathroom. So this morning I watched closely and sure enough after I...
Is this beginning of a nest? I noticed them going in and out of it this morning with alot of lighter sounding quacks. So I decided to investigate.
Any rock on the outside of the slide (not shown in the pic) is in disarray with no organization, nor have they been dug up...I just find it so cute...
We got our first egg this morning...or possibly over the weekend. My mother-in-law watched them over the weekend and I never told her to be on the lookout for eggs. I cleaned their house on Friday. And opened their house today now that we are home!
I've noticed an imprint there, it's been...
Hi, not sure if she is sick or not? I have 3 runners, 2 females, 1 drake. Almost 5 months old.
The one I'm concerned about is Queenie, my mostly white one. She still eats, drinks, moves around with the flock, but she doesn't look as "full" as the other female. She's always been a bit smaller...
The beginning of the week I noticed my flock following my Golden retrieveraround the yard when he let him out to do his business. I thought it was cute they were all getting along. My golden is pretty easy going and has left the ducks alone.
Fast forward to this morning, I let the ducks out...
My runners sure love the dog bed and warms my heart to walk by and see them laying there next to the door. As I was trying to catch the cool colors of my gray runner Gerald with pictures, I noticed Blacky get comfy and tuck is beak into his wings. I think he is sleeping, yet he is still...
My ducks are so excited to see me in the morning, they follow me around the yard while I get out the feed and water. I give them a few mealworms that they will eat at my feet, and I can get Penny to eat out of my hand. But no way, no how should I try to pick them up :lau
But as soon as I go...
My runner flock is about 4 months old, one of my drakes Blacky has been mating or at least mounting the same willing female, pretty much daily. I'm not sure if he is just getting the hang of it/practicing and nothing is happening, or he is actually getting it done. The other female is now...
Originally my plan was to only have 2 ducks...I think that must be what alot do us say 🤣. I have 4 runners about 12 weeks old. 2 drakes, 2 ducks, so I know that I will prob have to get rid of one of the guys. They are all playing nice right now, so we are waiting it out until possibly spring...
Hi just wondering if I should treat this like angel wing and wrap it? It's been this way for about a week. A posted a few weeks back, when he would let it droop and then bring it back up into position. It doesn't droop as often now, but when he has it up, it always sits to the outside of the...
My little guy is just around 8 weeks. He's a boy based on whispering voice you guys helped me with, is this his drake feather curl already? It's pretty small. He's had it for a couple of days...wasn't sure if he just has a feather coming in weird or if they can get them that early and this one...
My 4 ducks stayed mostly in their house today, which I thought was weird, and wouldn't come out when I offered treats around mid day. I thought maybe because of the heat and whatnot. They only get locked in at night and have free access to our fenced back yard all day. It is not very big and...
Our ducks are not afraid of us, but definitely not cuddlers. After reading many posts and people mentioning picking up the ducks to look at an injury or just holding them in general, my daughter and I have been picking up 1 or 2 every day or every other day. They don't seem to panic as we come...
Ok, I got "Blacky" picked up and separated. The loud quacking in the background are my 2 females offended that I picked this one up. I tried to walk away and they followed lol. I currently have 2 females and 1 male, I'm pretty sure. This one is about 4 days younger than the rest. So still not...
Go ahead and throw out your ideas of male or female..Thinking I have 2 male and 2 female...hoping I will end up 3 female and 1 male. Not old enough to see drake feathers. 6 weeks old. Most of them have found their voices in the last week, except Penny (the buff) she's been a pretty deep honker...
Hello from Oregon! I have 4 ducklings, well quite big now at about 6 weeks. My sister lives on a farm and has all sorts of chickens, ducks, turkeys, etc. I have fallen in love with the Indian runners she has and wanted some of my own.
End of July we picked up 4 Indian runners that were 3 days...