From the Darkside

[Enigmius]

here is their new toy stuffed with greens.
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the tube thing at the bottom is a bell.

 

[Miss Lydia]

With my first Runners April 2016 they were laying at 4.5 months old these girls hatched in April and June of 2019 and only the 2 oldest have just started. I like that actually letting them develop longer before laying because once they start. They don’t know when to quit. Did you just keep one drake from your last hatch?

 

[Miss Lydia]

here is their new toy stuffed with greens.
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Where did you find that?

 

[Amer]

That’s fairly normal for black Runners. I believe that was how my Runner’s first eggs look like. Unfortunately, they're just green now.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

here is their new toy stuffed with greens.
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Man! That looks scary to me! All those chains!

 

[DuckyDonna]

here is their new toy stuffed with greens.
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haha, new thing.......not cool, monster! Give them about 2 days and they'll be on it!

 

[Enigmius]

With my first Runners April 2016 they were laying at 4.5 months old these girls hatched in April and June of 2019 and only the 2 oldest have just started. I like that actually letting them develop longer before laying because once they start. They don’t know when to quit. Did you just keep one drake from your last hatch?

yeah. I only kept one drake.

 

[Enigmius]

Where did you find that?

I was wasting time in petsmart and wandered through the bird section and saw it. I just figured it might be entertaining if they would play with it if I filled it with greens.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It might take then a while but one will get brave that is usually all it takes.

I kept one from my hatch this past summer so that makes 2 Runner drakes for me and a Muscovy drake, so far so good.

 

[MIDuckLady]

That’s fairly normal for black Runners. I believe that was how my Runner’s first eggs look like. Unfortunately, they're just green now.

Same thing happens when Cayuga ducks start laying - very dark. They then lighten up to gray.