*~*Runner Duck Club*~*

[Isaac 0]

Gorgeous!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Thank you! I will have to get some more pictures some of them aren’t in there!

 

[Isaac 0]

 

[Duck Hill]

UPDATE: I lost my very favorite Indian Runner "Cinnamon" a couple of years ago after a long fight with Aspergillosis. At the same time I lost her son and two grandchildren who looked like her to West Nile virus. I was afraid I would never again have a duck like her. I simply didn't have the right colors in my flock to re-create her. And... the person who had originally bred her was no longer breeding Runner ducks.



So... I went and purchased a pair of Welsh Harlequins. Why? I really don't know. It didn't make any sense. I got a first generation of Runners x Welsh Harlequins. They mostly had very poor head-stripes and dark bills. The bills were dished. But there were some interesting feather colors.

I got a second generation from the first one. A single drakelet, amazingly, looked just like Cinnamon's son. I still don't understand how that happened, because as far as I know he does not have a single drop of actual "Cinnamon" genes in him.



This spring, I bred that drake back to an unrelated duck from my first crosses. Magic clearly happened. Here are some photos of the ducklings. Isn't it just amazing? "Cinnamon" ducklets and drakelets are all over my yard!!!



At first, the new ducklings were walking low. Being incubator babies, they didn't know they were supposed to stand tall. Then Rose - a dusky Runner - took over their education. You can see her in the lower left picture. Now they all walk around tall!

Below: The drakelet on the left is very narrow and tall! I noticed it when he came out of the egg. He is more "Runner" than many of my purebred runners. The second photo is another drakelet - but just look at that long white neck! I even see Cinnamon's spots on one of the ducklets.



Cinnamon had a convex bill shape. The first generation all had dished bills because of the Welsh Harlequin influence. The second generation had only slightly dished bills. And... the current ducklings all have either straight or convex bills. I don't know how that happened.



I still don't really believe all of this. It doesn't make much sense.
However, I'm certainly delighted!

 

[The_crazy_chicken_girl]

Hello, I am pretty new to runner ducks but already I know they are amazing! They follow me around. I am not sure what gender they are yet I think four girls and two boys but I don’t know.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Congratulation @Duck Hill they are beautiful.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hello, I am pretty new to runner ducks but already I know they are amazing! They follow me around. I am not sure what gender they are yet I think four girls and two boys but I don’t know. View attachment 2120188View attachment 2120190

I love Runners I have 4 eggs cooking now under a duck and a chicken. Yours are beautiful I am looking forward to 4 more to add to my 9. More pictures when you can!

 

[Ducks4us]

baby runner ducks currently hatching!
And also one of our runner hens is broody!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Congrats! Precious

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

baby runner ducks currently hatching!
And also one of our runner hens is broody!
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What color is your broody?