*~*Runner Duck Club*~*

[stonykill]

Our Fawn and white Runners. Patrick, Penelope and the babies. The babies are 8 weeks old.

Patrick and Penelope on March 22nd, the day we brought them home
April 25th she goes broody.

 

[Amiga]

Such a lovely couple!

 

[stonykill]

May 24th, lil ones are out
3 days old

 

[stonykill]

yesterday. And correction, they are nine weeks old.

 

[RileyB]

Stonykill, your runners are beautiful. I hope mine grow to look that nice!

 

[stonykill]

Stonykill, your runners are beautiful. I hope mine grow to look that nice!

thank you! We are quite proud of them. They are quite the happy little family that looks like 6 clones of Penelope

I'll have to look back through the thread to see your runners.

 

[stonykill]

I would love to join this thread if you're still accepting new members. If not, that is fine.

I am new to duck owning and currently have three (along with my 11 chickens). One of my ducks is a rouen and the other two are fawn/white runners. I really didn't know anything about duck breeds when I got them, I just picked the kinds I thought were cutest. I am so happy with my choices. My two runners are very friendly and I love just watching them and holding them. I love my rouen too, but he is much more afraid of me than the runners.

My runners are a few weeks apart...so far I know that Amelia is a girl and Squirt (only his name until I know if he's a boy or girl) is still too little to tell.

Are runner males similar in characteristics to other drakes? Or are they calmer? I'm worried that Squirt will be a male and then there will be conflict. My rouen is a male. I also have two roosters. I'm really, really hoping Squirt is a female. If not I guess I'll figure it out when it happens!

Patrick is very protective of Penelope. In some of my pictures you see Pekins in a bordering pen. Until recently Patrick would fight with the Pekins through the fence if they even looked at Penelope. Hopefully squirt will quack soon and set your mind at ease

 

[WestKnollAmy]

They are all so beautiful!

Yes, my Runners can be spastic but let me go into the breeding pen with a food bucket and all of a sudden they love mama! Here they come and get out of their way! I often have good treats in the food bucket for them and though I can't pet them, they will come to me for goodies.

They do act terrified of strangers but then all my birds are wary of visitors to the farm.

 

[fowlman01]

Some of my Runners.




Walt

 

[stonykill]

beautiful Runners Walt.