*~*Runner Duck Club*~*

[Louise Hill]

Okay, I'll jump in! (Been busy this week - more details to be posted at a later date).

Seems my chocolate and black runners get more "snow" with each molt. I'd read that this can happen. And yes, I'll need to upload some pics soon, which means I'll need to take some!

It's interesting to me how the snow comes in differently for some of the ducks. Zwei was the first to start getting white feathers. At almost two years old, her belly is white, her shoulders are white, and she has smatterings of white on her back and tail. Her head has been solid chocolate brown until a few weeks ago and is now beginning to be flecked with tiny white feathers. She looks like she's wearing a pinafore!

The other chocolates have varying amounts of white on their bellies - it's almost like checkerboards.

Most of the black runners just have a little snow on their shoulders. But Sieben is now salt and pepper everywhere but her tail.

They are all perfectly lovely, of course!

Who else has snow-splashed dark Runners?

Yes, I have 2 Chocolates and one is very speckled with white whereas the other one is not. The speckled one looks like a checkerboard too and they are both 2 years old. I need to get a pic of her. My Swedish Blues did the same thing with white with their molt.

 

[Chickens 4Ever]

If he can breed there is a very good chance. Watch the ducklings as the mature if they stand upright like mama and your Runner drake they maybe full blood Runner time will tell. Have you seen your Pekin mating with your Runner female?

Yes, actually yesterday he got a hold of one of my baby ducks. He tried to breed with her. Luckily she's alive and well, she was in shock and we named her hope, now I'm wondering if my other baby ducks are boys

 

[Miss Lydia]

Keep your duckling separated from the drakes. Some drakes don't care if they mate with young ducklings or the family dog. They are so full of testosterone.

 

[Tevyes Dad]

*** RUNNER SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT ***
... Probably sleeping with her head on the nice cool blade

Two more of my runners decided they wanted to help illustrate the point of how ducks' instincts aren't always the best (but they are cute).

 

[Chickens 4Ever]

Keep your duckling separated from the drakes. Some drakes don't care if they mate with young ducklings or the family dog. They are so full of testosterone.

He's a pekin, and they are pretty rough, we separated both of our boys together, we didn't want it to happen again

 

[Miss Lydia]

I like your signature @Chickens 4Ever

 

[Chickens 4Ever]

I like your signature @Chickens 4Ever

Thx yousr too! Love it

 

[Laura234]

Hi everyone - I have a question about a runner duck that i hope someone will be able to help with!

Our runner duck is currently on day 32. There is no internal pip but still movement inside. The outside of the air sack is rippling and a very small triangle is coming through but not enough for a full pip!! The movement against the airsac is kind of like a heartbeat as it's very rhythmic (if that makes sense) is there anything we can do?? So worried that it's so late

I would really appreciate any advice! Thank you!

 

[Miss Lydia]

If your still seeing movement in the eggs I'd just leave them ducks don't keep a calendar.
Not much else you can do anyway, can't start cracking them open, Patience is the best for now. Candle again in a few days and see what's going on.

 

[Julie Birb]

Runners=adorable