I lost 3 of my 4-duck flock a couple days ago to a predator and bought some new ducks that were being rehomed(I'm pretty sure their all runner mixes), a momma hen with her twelve ducklings(that are a week old) and her boyfriend(he's definitely part runner). However, the people who were rehoming...
I have a situation where 5 of my bantam hens went broody at the same time...the first two were setting on 9 eggs between them and turned out only 1 was viable and hatched. The same day that hatched I was able to get 4 newly hatched bantams and placed them under the hens and they took to them...