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What colour are my Indian Runner ducklings?
Hi. Even though I have made a lot of research, I can't figure out what colour are my Indian Runner ducklings... Thus, any help would be appreciated! (Talk genetic to me!! Teach me what you know, please...!!) • 2-months-old juvenile duck (♀) : • She has a bit of Black on her wings... ... -
Need advice about one-legged Indian Runner duck hen
Hi. Yesterday, I have noticed one of my 1-year-old Indian Runner hen has lost her left foot, and even part of her leg beneath the hock joint/ankle... Given she has been broody and sitting on eggs for a while now, AND that I don't want to touch her for the time being - because of a recent... -
Duck SUDDENLY bleeding from belly and vent
Hello. One of my one-year-old Indian Runner hen has just suddenly started to bled for her BELLY!! The situation is... • 4 to 6 weeks ago : This hen has started to limp... When I noticed it, I made her a Epsom Salt bath to relieve her... but I did not made her another after it : I was told...- Papaye
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- blood coming from belly blood coming from vent indian runner injuried leg smelly poop
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Yellow Belly - Indian Runner ducks
Hello. On OCTOBER 14th, I have received two Yellow Belly Indian Runner ducks home : I had, in fact, asked for Apricot Trout (Saxony) coloured Indian Runners, but the seller did not have them anymore... and so, she has sent Yellow Belly ducks instead. Specifically, she told me they were "à... -
Small drakes and big(ger) hens - QUESTIONS
Hello. I am thinking to adopt small drakes - Calls and/or Black East Indies - in order to make them produce offsprings with duck hens from bigger breeds... meaning here : • Indian Runner hens, • Khaki Campbell hens, • Cayuga hens, • (French) Duclair hens. ...And MAYBE also hens from other... -
Saxony ducklings - Different colours at birth
Hello. Among ducklings born on AUGUST 9th, two are Saxony ducklings... and they are born with different colours. Here they were at 3-days-old : And then, at 17-days-old : I... actually first thought the darker of the two was not a Saxony duckling : after searching on the Internet, I... -
Black spots on Fawn and White Indian Runner drakelet's bill
Hello. On MAY 14th, I was lucky enough to have a beautiful, perfect Fawn and White Indian Runner drakelet brought to my home. Here he is : His name is Patch, and if his original owner is not lying, he is about two-and-a-half-months-old. He is Fawn and White coloured, but even though he is... -
Female duck can not walk anymore
Hello. One of my one-year-old female Indian Runner duck has not been able to walk anymore since this morning at least. Here she is : (Her name is Daphnée.) What happened is... ...3-days-ago, I noticed Daphnée had very slightly ruffled feathers. I found it to be weird and tought she was... -
Sexing Black Copper Marans chicks
Hi. Two Black Copper Marans chicks born on MAY 31st : I think they are tiny roosters : at 1-week-old, no feather was emerging from their tail... and I could be mistaken, but at 26-days-old, their comb looks kind of big...? (It should mean they are boys, right?) I'm hoping for at least one...- Papaye
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- black copper marans marans chicks sexing chicks sexing marans chicks
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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Please, show me your ducks
Hello. I am making this thread to beg you for pictures of your ducks, whoever you are, and whatever your ducks are...! Indeed : even though we can find all kind of pictures on the Internet... I feel pictures of ducks are actually much too rare. Fact is, when I am searching for some ducks -... -
Plese HELP : Unborn duckling - I broke half the eggshell
Hi. Sorry : I am copying my thread from the Ducks forum, since I think I should actually post it here : "Please help : I just broke half of the eggshell of an unborn duckling. I thought he could not get out of his egg alone, since egg was half broken yesterday, and the hatching stopped since...- Papaye
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- duckling hatching advice
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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HELP : Unborn duckling - I broke half the eggshell
Hello. Please help : I just broke half of the eggshell of an unborn duckling. I thought he could not get out of his egg alone, since egg was half broken yesterday, and the hatching stopped since then... When I broke the eggshell this morning, duckling did not move. I don't know if he is just... -
Newborn Indian Runner duckling with a piece of eggshell stuck in one eye
Hi. Ducklings are being born today, and I found one of them with a white, weird discharge in one eye : (Sorry : I could not take a better picture!!) Of course, when I saw it, I took the duckling from its mama to get it inside of my house in order to get rid of this discharge : I was afraid... -
Questions about different duck breeds
Hello. I would like to add some new duck breeds in my yard... I already own Indian Runner ducks and chickens. I would want to add at least one breed that could live and free range together with my birds - with these qualities if possible : 1 - good egg layers (a breed that lays even in winter... -
BIG SURPRISE : Bali ducklings born from NON-crested Indian Runner parents
Hello. After my first 12 Indian runner ducklings of 2024 - born between May 5th and May 7th... 10 new runners babies are now also born, this time between May 13th and May 14th. Here is a picture of some of them : (These poor, pretty babies are still shy, so I just can't take good enough... -
Hatching of my first ducklings of the year - Particularly stressfull, but lessons learned!
Hello! My 12 first Indian Runner ducklings of this year are born between May 5th and May 7th...! ...Was a stressful experience, because for one : they were late. I had put their eggs on a broody Brahma hen on April 5th, and since last year, the ducklings were born at Day-25 or Day-26, I had... -
Rooster has a nostril cut in half
Hello. In the afternoon, I have noticed one of my roosters - Rocky - has a nostril cut in half...!! Here is a picture : I actually don't know if I have to do something for him : Rocky is not in pain, and his cut is not bloody or nothing... ...I am afraid he would hurt himself - because...- Papaye
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- rooster wound on nostril
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Questions about quails (and other birds)
Hello. I would like to have some advice, opinions, or whatever about small birds specifically - mainly about QUAILS... ...In order to try to get rid of my allergies, I plan to buy quails - probably Japanese Quails : I have severe allergies, and I am kind of really desperate to get rid of them... -
BRAHMA : How many hens per rooster
Hello. So... I know this person who is going to cull some beautiful roosters on the weekend... and he did ask me if I wanted to buy one of them. And after thinking about it : if weather allows me to get out of my area in the next days, I plan to buy 1, maybe 2 one-year-old Brahma roosters - so...- Papaye
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- brahma ratio rooster
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Indian Runner Ducks - Colours of eggs
Hello. I have some questions about genetic, but ONE in particular... and maybe stupid, but I'm curious, and actually really hoping something very specific... So... Out of my four first Indian Runner ducks - all of them being born in Spring 2022 -, two are females... One of these females is...