Welcome to the colorful world of runners!
A nursery down the hill has 3 of my ducks and sad to say their pond is now void of any fish
Six runners in a 75 gallon pond would still generate a lot of salts
My koi liked pristine water unless your pump has a very very big filter I wouldn't do it
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I am selling 3 boys before they fully feather out...so I will never really know what they will grow up looking like.. I think I have 2 appleyard runners in that group.
Guess I will have to do this again next spring. I...
Nope, I kept one of every shade and color... just to see what they will grow up to be.
So Blue trout, Saxony, Gold Trout, Appleyard, "Gray" Trout, etc, but every shade of these......
My breeding stock had 3 trout colored drakes and lots of different trout colored girls and one appleyard...
The ones in the back are not silvers. Silver is actually extremely rare. It is actually a trout type color. Base color is white with reddish head and neck and beautiful spots on the body. There is a good picture of it in the ashton's book.
The one you have is a solid type color, a blue. Blue is...
If you are trying to end up with an imprinted duckling, the best bet is still to hatch one* out yourself.
Plus the fun you will have is priceless. However hatchititus is extremely contagious. There is no known cure.
(*one of every duckling color, tone and shade)
What are you trying to achieve?
If you just want to hatch a bunch of very fun colors, get 3 different duck colors and the possibilities are infinite.
It will keep you guessing for a long time not to mention the duck math involved if you want to keep one of each color of the babies.
Ask me...I...
They came from the rainbow pen with Scooter as the dad and no idea who the mom is.
Scooter is a trout.
I did not keep track of their social activities
I only tracked the blue trouts and the gold trouts
I will take some more pictures of the 2 trouble makers
Should be fun to watch Maui &...
I'm keeping these 2
I want to see if they are going to be apple yard looking
I see the apleyard markings on the head
Did not see it at day one but am seeing it now at day 3
Did Dave Holderread beed Harleys? I have a gold dusky & a trout in that pen. All my first generation ducks are from the Holderread's farm.
Last year I ghatched one that had yellow fuzz that has a darker point. It grew up to be a cream duck with speckles on the head and the tail. Pretty girl.
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