runner duck

[rainplace]

 

[eggybritches]

I'll have pictures of brand new babies in about five days.

I just ordered some crested runner eggs, so in about a week I'll set those.

 

[Johndale]

no i meant like any to sell

 

[tia]

Here are a few pictures of my runners.


The day I took them to school.

Sleeping Babies

Angel

 

[tia]

oops.. this one is Angel.

 

[bird]

I have a pair of black runners:

 

[Cottage Rose]

Does anybody know the history of Runner Ducks and why they were bred to be this type?

 

[rainplace]

The runner breed is thought to be a couple of thousand years old, though no one has exact proof of that. They story goes that they were bred to run through rice paddies and clean up the bugs and cracked grain. The "shepherd" ran them from home through the paddies, stopping for a while at each paddy and then run them back home in the evenings. They were bred to run.

I've been meaning to buy Chris and Mike Ashton's book, "The Indian Runner Duck: A Historical Guide"

 

[CityChicker]

I just got that book yesterday! There were finally some more of them listed on Amazon.com UK. So far, it is very interesting.