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    Planning our duck pond

    This is great! Thank you for giving me additional considerations. I'll be sure to post pictures of our finished pond.
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    Planning our duck pond

    Hi! We're planning our in-ground duck pond. We live in a mountainous/hilly area. Our flatter ground is in a wide-open field. Our ducks have free-range during the day but typically stay in the tree-covered areas. Likewise, I prefer to have some tree-cover for protection from winged predators...
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    Introduction - FowlSwimmers

    HI! So we're almost three months in. Our "runners" are Pekins and are wonderful. We built a duck house with ventilation and wrapped the interior with thick linoleum. During the day they have free run and mostly stick to tree covered areas and their pond. Their "pond" is an extra large dog...
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    Introduction - FowlSwimmers

    I am new to ducks, but not to farm life. We got our first three about two weeks ago. We are not positive but believe they are runners. Besides being adorable, I love their clumsiness and curiosity. I love fresh eggs, but can't eat chicken eggs. I have no issues with duck eggs, though...
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    Runner duckling colors?( update with new pics. on pg. 3 )

    I have some runner ducklings, too. Stumbled on this because I am wondering what color they will be. I'm thinking white or fawn and white. As for names we have: Rose, Wilhelmina, Buttercup, Tulip, Pearl, Chicken Nugget (I have a 6 year-old son). LOL.
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