Duck Breed Focus - Indian Runner

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Just a quick question, and it may seem silly: once Runners molt and display white feathers almost entirely, will they ever return to their original feather coloration (chocolate, black, ect.)? Oh, and do Blue Runners also go through this? I actually think the mottled look is gorgeous!

-Alex
 
Alexandra33 said:
Just a quick question, and it may seem silly: once Runners molt and display white feathers almost entirely, will they ever return to their original feather coloration (chocolate, black, ect.)? Oh, and do Blue Runners also go through this? I actually think the mottled look is gorgeous!

-Alex
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It is a progressive thing... Each molt they get a few (or a lot) more white feathers. I don't believe any of the white ones go back. My black and blue are 2 months younger than the other two and the black has changed the most so far...
 
Tevyes Dad said:
It is a progressive thing... Each molt they get a few (or a lot) more white feathers. I don't believe any of the white ones go back. My black and blue are 2 months younger than the other two and the black has changed the most so far...
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Interesting. Indi is just a baby yet, so I will find out eventually.
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-Alex
 
I have seen some interesting changes. For a while, Zwei had what looked like a string of brown pearls from the corner of her eye to the back of her head - these tiny feathers had been white, but they came in brown.

Sieben's all-white head changed to have little black feathers over her ears.

By and large, the larger feathers remain white.
 
Amiga said:
I have seen some interesting changes. For a while, Zwei had what looked like a string of brown pearls from the corner of her eye to the back of her head - these tiny feathers had been white, but they came in brown.

Sieben's all-white head changed to have little black feathers over her ears.

By and large, the larger feathers remain white.
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OOOOOh! even better! When Noir's head feathers began to change that was the first time I really got to appreciate how little each one of those feathers are. With Dove (Chocolate) it was as real fun molt. Her feathers were so sun bleached that they were a salmon-tan but fairly uniform and then the new feathers came in deep chocolate brown and her new white shoulders.
 
Oh, those 'lings. sigh
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The chocolates' brown feathers bleach out to a coppery color. They come in closer to chestnut. So, yes, they can have a beautiful rainbow of colors - in addition to the shimmery purple-blue hues of their wing feathers.
 

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