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Oh got a bit confused there. She was a black duckling, pretty sure she is a blue Indian runner she may just be an impure representation of the breed or maybe slightly splash ? Maybe she will change more as she ages? Im not 100%. will

I am pretty sure that he is a normal fawn and white indian runner, males are generally darker than the females, but I am not an expert in duck breeds and I have never heard of a pencil runner before. :) will

Thank you destinduck ! I would like to expand my galiforme collection to include some peacock pheasants at some point, but guess I will have to wait until after university :( ha Currently have plans to expand my wildfowl collection as well, currently consists of Mandarin ducks and Fulvous...

He started off as a fawn and yellow duckling, as he is a fawn and white drake. :) will

Sounds like a nice sized pen, should be fine to add a pair of masked plovers to it as long a it isn't overstocked with wildfowl. Try and add some features that provide visual blocks between the birds, that should help reduce aggression between birds. As long as you watch how the plovers act...

They are lovely birds , lay tonnes of eggs (my female rivals my khaki Campbells) and they are full of personality. They also make an amusing contrast to my Muscovies :D, Will

Hi guys , Just a few pictures of my current galiforme collection as well as some pictures of my silver chicks from last year. I had to reduce it a bit when I went to university ( sold the goldens, lady Amherst and my Californian, Italian and bobwhite quails ) still have silver, reeves and...

All species are fine when kept with most other birds outside the breeding season, this does change when breeding. It is dependent on the individual pair tbh not the species, i found that particularly prolific pairs were the most aggressive to other birds. We successfully kept pairs of...

Hi guys, Just thought I would share some of my favourite pics of my super tame runner ducks. Will

Some pictures of my mucovy ducklings from 2014 and my first 2015 ducklings ! Plus a couple of silver pheasant chicks in picture two and three :) Hope everyone has a good breeding season :D, Will

Hi, Does any one let their adult ratites parent rear ? Will

One of the adult blacksmith plovers and two of the chicks the pair successfully parent reared. Will

Hi, I have worked with crowned plovers, blacksmith plovers , southern lapwings, ringed plovers and northern lapwings. They are lovely birds to work with ! We kept them in pairs as the only ground birds as they get very territorial and bonded pairs will often kill other plovers and other smaller...

Hi, I worked with this species of crane along with seven other species at a number of zoos. I found that this species was very aggressive towards other birds throughout the year and towards keepers during the breeding season. However all crane species can be varying degrees of aggressive really...

I beileve the humidity is fine as i did extremely well last year with some pekin eggs. The ducklings don't die because of difficulty hatching..... the membrane doesn't stick to the ducklings they just seem to die once hatched. Thanks for your replie though kind regards coffee pheasant