Updated Pics of My Ducks

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

Ok here are Some new Pics of my Ducks..

Grey Runners. (Need to cull through them this next fall.)

Blue Muscovy Cockerel

A few of my Cayugas

Grey Runner hen

Old Pair of Black Muscovies (Male-10 & Female-8)

Another Pair of Black Muscovies

 

[sandcat]

What beautiful ducks!! I love the first pic it looks like they all "standing " around having a good gossip, great pics those green heads are stunning

 

[lovesduckies]

pretty

 

[foxhomechickens]

Nice pics. That drake in the last pic has so much barnucle!

 

[Bleenie]

If king caruncle in that last pic goes missing, don't you worry... I promise to give him all kinds of treats and snuggles

 

[mominoz]

Nice Ducks. Where did your Runners come from? I have 6 from Holderreads 2009 show stock and am looking for some more high quality Greys. I ordered more penciled , but he doesn't have greys listed....and one of the trio has a defect yours look really good, I think they may be cousins

 

[critterranch]

is that a crested peniciled runner i see in the 1st pic?

 

[duckyfromoz]

I love the pic of the Runner caught in mid flap- They are all gorgeous ducks.. Thanks for sharing those pics.

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

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I bought my birds from a breeder that has some from The Holderreads and some from a different line (A Judge) Whom has suposidly been working on them for a long time. I need to get rid of two of the Males in the pics and Just keep the one.. But I have 6 girls.. I think that may be a few too many for one boy.. I was thinking about selling those 2 males and a female then having 1 male and 5 females... Not sure how fertility would be duckyfromoz you raise Runners dont you What do you think???

is that a crested peniciled runner i see in the 1st pic?

Yep!​

 

[duckyfromoz]

I actually have mine mostly as pairs or Trios for breeding- so that I know who the parents are. As I am still trying to breed my own line of Harlequin Runners - recording who comes from who has been very important to me. As it turns out this year- I am only keeping one duck whos parents will both still be here for the next breeding season. The others being kept will all have a mother who was borrowed. If I had more room I would still only go for trios- but if fertility in eggs isnt so much of an issue- you could go for a few more females per male. If you are just eating the eggs then fertility doesnt matter- If you are collecting eggs to incubate- then its a waste of space to set infertile eggs- and if you are selling eggs as fertile- you better make sure you have a good fertility rate before selling any- and by that I mean doing a test run in an incubator or under a broody hen.

Also - I always keep a spare drake. Have you considered a ratio of 2 males- 5 females. If something happens to one male- you still have the other and dont have to go search for - or waiting for a replacement.