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My three runners are really 'insane'. They can not walk slowly like a normal duck, they run most of the time. Funny little creatures.

They are waiting for me to show them the keys and lock them up. ;) They never showed any affection towards any of us, they were even cautious and a bit afraid. Last couple of months that started changing and one of the ducks started accepting me. At first she didn't want to eat out of my hand...

Shitty video quality. Phone meets night and faint LED light. It actually looks better than I thought it would. Just not nearly as sharp as I'd like it to be. :D They are returning to the duck house in the night. They seem to have developed a ritual. They will not go inside on their own (perhaps...

My three indian runner hens started laying eggs. They started almost at the same tame, first there was one egg inside their coop, then a few days later, there were two and day after, three. From a bit irregular pointy shaped eggs, they turned out larger than chicken eggs in less than two weeks...

waaaa, cuteness overload

Yes, ducks love melting snow. It' is an unlimited supply of water to make a mess. :D

We've had soil frozen solid down to 1 meter deep last winter somewhere around... well, around this time. And we currently have +12°C with rain most of the time. I'm afraid some plants will start growing before the freezing temperatures comes by again. I've already seen snails coming out of...

There is a lot of bugs at the moment, rain and 13°C. I've seen mosquetoes and flies today. I am giving them feed as well. They choose what they like, there are days when they only eat corn, some days they hardly touch it and go for the feed. They rather run around searching for thick fat...

That has to be some kind of myth. Baker's and brewer's yeast are almost identical. The only difference is, brewer's yeast has much higher tolerance to high ethanol concentrations. If one would use baker's yeast to brew beer, yeast would die off quickly, when alcohol concentration would rise...

These are on steroids, I guess. People here know how much I worried about niacin and duck's feet development, added baker's yeast to their feed and ... I worried way too much! Now I decreased their chicken feed (because they refused to eat it, they rather roam around foraging ) and give them...

hmm? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynHEZMNSppg Does Link work?

PS: Video clip is shitty quality chinese phone video. It has 12+ rating due to sexual contents. Check how much damage they did to the pool. They destroyed it completely during last year. :)

I know, that's extreme. Hope it goes away soon. And hope it doesn't get here. :) And a video of my ducks this morning... They are supercharged all the time... Didn't fly this time, but they often do take off on this exact path along the border with our neighbors. They know where to go. :)

Duck Hill, if the ground is completely frozen, if there is snow, ice or whatever other cold surface, ducks will lie down and pull their legs into their down. That way only their feathers are exposed to the freezing cold and they keep their legs warm. If it is extremely cold, they will just lie...

They are quite resilient. They will also gain some weight, if you feed them some high energy grain like corn. At - 10°C they begin to feel the cold, but their biggest issue at that point is inability to roam around and forage for bugs and greens.

They both retreat when (especially dominant drake) start charging at them. The younger dog is now 6 months old, which is just a bit over a month older than ducks. I started introducing them when he was like 2 months old. He will spot the charging duck and in the last second, jump away and...

She's extremely funny. The high jump was like launching a rocket - she flapped ferociously and did the vertical take-off, then she flew over the bamboo and landed quite well (at first they all crash landed even if they just flew a few inches high, lol). The sound of her wings was very loud. I...

How far/high do your Indian runners fly? I have one that is extremely feisty. Once it took off and flew over the pond and 3 meters tall bamboo (also like 3 meters distance). And just the other day, ducks came towards me, flapping their wings trying to be as fast as possible - some flew like 2...

I tried giving my ducks whole corn kernels. They did not like them at all. But when I gave them half ripe soft kernels I also broke in half, they started liking it. Now it's like fast food for them - they hardly eat their feed, they just go and eat stuff by themselves and every now and then...

MY runners stopped eating feed completely. We've had a 10 days long wet weather with constant rain and they decided they don't even want to sleep inside their coop. They stay in the pond during the night and at first light, they start seeking for their food. I usually had to give them feed...