Hello everyone. I really hope I can get some seasoned advice here. Knowing that I have Runner Ducks someone dropped off a pretty little crested runner at my house. I'd guess she is about 6 weeks old, just starting to get her pin feathers. I'd like to integrate her into my flock, 8 girls and...
Probably sounds like a silly question, but hoiw do you catch and transport (short distance in a car) Runner Ducks without injuring their legs? There's been no reason to catch them until now, so I'm quite apprehensive about the possibility of injuring them.
I read some time ago about raising BSF for added protein for chickens. Has anyone had any experience with this. I have a greenhouse that I'm not really using so I was thinking about giving it try. Any input appreciated!
Hello everybody! Has anyone gotten green (I mean G-R-E-E-N!!) runners before? I bought some ducklings through the mail a year ago and they have produced a couple clutches since then. The ones that were hatched in May are all green. The males are super-duper green (or super blue, or super...
I have 7 hens, 4 adolescent and 8 baby Runners and have a real problem with the way my 2 drakes treat the young ones. I currently have the "baby killer" sequestered for slaughter later today, but I don't like the way the other "second in command" drake is treating the adolescents and he hasn't...
I bought 9 females and 2 male runner ducklings in December and this is their first babies. The dominant male pecks at the mom and the babies. Why is this? Should I seperate them?