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They do not go back in at night. The good thing is, they are easy to herd back in, unlike chickens.

Yes, you should clip one wing on each duck. This is for their own safety. I had mine fly to the neighbor's yard and not be able to get back over the fence. One ended up three houses down and I wouldn't have got her back except they knew I had ducks and called me. There are good videos on Youtube...

How they look depends on the runner's color. My mallard girls crossed with fawn-and-white runner drake tend to come out buff or light brown. Some have a white ring around their neck.

I suppose the runners can fly if they practice. They are not heavy birds. Mine has no reason to fly. His buds are all ground-bound. They are either non-flying ducks or they have their wings clipped.

They can get off the ground a few feet for a very short distance, but they have never gotten over my 5 foot fence.

Sounds like it could have been a wild Mallard.

I have hatched quite a few of the reverse cross, a fawn and white runner drake with a mallard. The resulting ducks are either all buff (strangely enough) or medium brown. In my avatar pic, the drake in the center and the girl on the far left are runner x mallard. This is a wonderful cross, IMO...