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Crested WhiteI have 4 crested ducklings, and recently I noticed one of them doesn't want to stand up. His legs seem really weak and he's often laying down...
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Welsh HarlequinI have two hens and one drake. Very beautiful birds. The drake is a bit chatty and the hens are quiet. They lay well into the winter when chickens...- Wangxian520
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Indian RunnerMy runners sleep in a modified chicken tractor that is wrapped in hardware cloth and elevated with 4-by-4 posts so it sets about a foot off the...- Callender Girl
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Indian RunnerThey will lay wherever they want, they just walk and drop their eggs in the middle of nowhere. They need a plastic tub with water if they are...- Mitsos Lamprogiorgos
Ducks
Indian Runners originated in the East Indies on the islands of Java, Malaya, Bali and Lombok. ...
Welsh Harlequin ducks are a derivative of Khaki Campbell ducks. When Leslie Bonnet of Wales...
Rouen (pronounced roan) named after the town of Rouen where they were developed in Northern...
Muscovies are the only domestic "ducks" that are not bred from the mallard. They are a wild South...
The Campbell duck was developed near the end of the 1800's by Mrs. Adele Campbell of...
They were first imported into the USA in the late 1800's. The foundation stock of the blue...
Pekins originated in China. They were bred from a Mallard duck. In 1873, they were brought to...
Developed in New York, USA from two black ducks a man found in his pond. This is the main idea,...
Calls originated in either Holland or England as live decoy ducks back in the 1600's. Call ducks...
The Ancona duck was developed in the early twentieth century in Great Britain. It was first...
The Silver Appleyard was developed in Britain by Reginald Appleyard during the 1930s and the 1940s
William Cook of England created the orpington duck. He used Cayuga, Runner and Aylesbury ducks...
Believed to be developed in Wales in the early 1900's, their somewhat upright statue suggests...
I got this history from Metzer Farms:
The White Crested is also a classic breed, having...
In 1996 Metzer Farms developed the Golden 300 Hybrid as they lay more and larger eggs than the...
The oldest European breed of domestic duck still in existence, the Dutch Hookbill can be traced...
One of the most familiar of ducks, the Mallard is found throughout North America! Where it does...
Muscovy Ducks originated in Brazil and were domesticated in Europe.
White Muscovy Ducks are...
A White version of the Metzer Hybrid 300.
Appearance: A smaller version of the Pekin with a...