So no, I don't have a runt duck. However I believe I've had 2 before. So I was wondering,
Are runts very common in ducks? I've had, oh say, 20 ducks in my lifetime so far and have had 2 very small ducks (both of them were khaki campbells) that both died. The first one was a khaki campbell + 4 other KC's, and yes, there was an obvious growth difference- there was a very large one, a large, a medium, and one in between all of those. But then there was this one who grew like nothing in the time she was alive. I forget how old she was, but she just DID. NOT. GROW. And this year, we got 2 runners, 2 buff ducks, and 2 khaki campbells. Well, we were raising them, and the runners grew the same, the buffs were a bit fatter, and the 1 khaki campbell was fine but the other one grew little to nothing since we got her. Say for example, when we got her she was 5 lbs. In 2 months she grew to 6 lbs (I cant' weigh anything under a pound and this is what it seemed like, we got them as little ducklings) , whereas the other one (same size when bought) grew to 9 lbs in 2 months. Well the little runt-ling died, just like the last one. Which begs the question, are duck runts common? I've had probably 200 chickens soo far, and never seen a runt. So I find it odd, both that I've had so few ducks and 2 runts, and that they were the same breed...
Are runts very common in ducks? I've had, oh say, 20 ducks in my lifetime so far and have had 2 very small ducks (both of them were khaki campbells) that both died. The first one was a khaki campbell + 4 other KC's, and yes, there was an obvious growth difference- there was a very large one, a large, a medium, and one in between all of those. But then there was this one who grew like nothing in the time she was alive. I forget how old she was, but she just DID. NOT. GROW. And this year, we got 2 runners, 2 buff ducks, and 2 khaki campbells. Well, we were raising them, and the runners grew the same, the buffs were a bit fatter, and the 1 khaki campbell was fine but the other one grew little to nothing since we got her. Say for example, when we got her she was 5 lbs. In 2 months she grew to 6 lbs (I cant' weigh anything under a pound and this is what it seemed like, we got them as little ducklings) , whereas the other one (same size when bought) grew to 9 lbs in 2 months. Well the little runt-ling died, just like the last one. Which begs the question, are duck runts common? I've had probably 200 chickens soo far, and never seen a runt. So I find it odd, both that I've had so few ducks and 2 runts, and that they were the same breed...
