Duck Breed Focus - Indian Runner

[Tevyes Dad]

LOL OMG so cute!! That head is huge!

Not really, it's just the only thing dry

. The water was 105 degrees and she went straight under a heat lamp after, but she was only about 3 days old so she had zero oil on her fuzz - ever see a Persian Cat after a bath?

Here is a picture (front) from the same day... Her head is normal

And here she is now:

 

[AimToMisbehave]

And here she is now:

:O she's BEAUTIFUL! What is that color-pattern called? I bet I have a flappity picture here somewhere...

 

[Miss Lydia]

:O she's BEAUTIFUL! What is that color-pattern called? I bet I have a flappity picture here somewhere...

So Adorable don't you just love those little nubbins.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Not really, it's just the only thing dry . The water was 105 degrees and she went straight under a heat lamp after, but she was only about 3 days old so she had zero oil on her fuzz - ever see a Persian Cat after a bath? Here is a picture (front) from the same day... Her head is normal And here she is now:

Hahaha well that makes more sense!! I think I actually may have meant it's so fluffy and now I know why. and LOL I gave my cat (not Persian but medium/long hair) a bath one time and she looked like a drowned rat . She wasn't happy. But wow, she turned into an absolutely GORGEOUS bird!!!!

 

[Tevyes Dad]

:O she's BEAUTIFUL! What is that color-pattern called?

Thank you. Ummmm... Black...haha. Apparently Blue, Black and Chocolate runners molt whiter each time until they are mostly white. But Noir has taken this as a mission and has many more white feathers than my Blue or Chocolate at the same age . I was concerned at first until @Amiga clued me in with her beautiful flock. I had seen them before but since mine were solid color then, I thought hers were some special color...

Check out the thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/971646/noir-is-somewhat-blanc

I bet I have a flappity picture here somewhere...

Yay! flappy!

And here are my other runners for comparison:

Dove: Chocolate with a little white now around her shoulders...

Mystique: Blue with a little white peppering her tummy...

Entie: Faun and White (Mostly unchanged)

 

[Amiga]

@Tevyes Dad recognizes special when he sees it . . . I am so very fond of my flock

This is Zwei, a chocolate Runner.

 

[Tevyes Dad]

@Tevyes Dad recognizes special when he sees it . . . I am so very fond of my flock

This is Zwei, a chocolate Runner.

WOW, in the 3yr old pic in the thread above you mentioned she was now mostly white... You weren't kidding!!! (Mmmmm White Chocolate...)

 

[N F C]

Interesting how they whiten as they age & molt. My Speckled Sussex chicken girls are doing something similar; one of them has an almost all white face now.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Zwei is such a beautiful duck...I'm hooked.

 

[Amiga]

She takes my breath away. And she's huggy.