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Flowerbh said:
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I know, Runner Ducks are so fun! And, they won't fly away! Here is one of my 2 1/2 month olds. I had hatched 4 eggs from ordered eggs. They were all males. Here is my favorite! He has beautiful colors! I have 2 fawn and white IR males for sell if anyone is looking for some!
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Hi Flowerbh,
I'm having trouble viewing most of your attachments. Any idea what the problem might be?
Have you raised the ducks since the BBQ? Or have I just not been there when you picked them up to show off their feathers?
Hope you are enjoying your "kids". Their place looks great!
 
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ronnhill7 said:
Hey Flowerbh, will runner ducks tend to stay in the area; I have a creek going through the property and I wouldn't mind them being in the creek, How about hawks????
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Well, our ducks go to the lake every day and return to the coop at night to be locked up and protected against predators. I guess if you raise them up with your chickens in the coop, they would learn to return to it like the chickens do. We have a duck side now (to the coop) where we keep them separate from the chickens only because we can keep that door open for the ducks to come and go and the chickens can't get out. The chickens have their own door that stays open during the day to their 20,000+ sq foot run area. Then they get closed up at night, too.

I have some male Runner ducks for sale if you want them!
 
LCcreekside said:
Hi Flowerbh,
I'm having trouble viewing most of your attachments. Any idea what the problem might be?
Have you raised the ducks since the BBQ? Or have I just not been there when you picked them up to show off their feathers?
Hope you are enjoying your "kids". There place looks great!
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I hatched these four boy runner ducks about 2 1/2 months ago. The little Khaki Campbell girl is the one I got from Tabasco Jacks at the BBQ. She is the little brown one following the boys.
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***SOLD!***​

As some of you know, I've been reducing my flocks. I sold/gave away 20+ birds in the past week, and I have about 15 to go.

BBS Orpington Package - **Free** Birds go as a group. Group includes the following:
4 - Blue (BBS) Orpingtons (American) - 2 male/2 female - hatched 4/15/17 - Stunningly beautiful birds. One male has pea comb and birchen hackles (so may be a splash). I only raise English Orpingtons, so these don't fit into my breeding program.
1 - Black Orpington (American) - 1 female - hatched 4/15/17 - Very sweet girl. She was the lone Black Orp from the hatch. If she were English, I would keep her.

French Black Copper Marans Cockerel Package - **Free* Birds can go separately or as a group:
6 - FBCM - 6 males - hatched 4/2/17 - Lots of possibilities with these birds such as the following:
(1) These cockerels are from a show-quality line, so these would be a nice addition for someone wanting to establish a new line or improve an existing FBCM line.
(2) Crossing these guys with blue-egg layers such as Araucanas, Ameraucanas, or Cream Legbar hens would yield Olive Egger pullets. If you're interested in producing hens that lay green eggs, then these cockerels would be a good start.
(3) Grow them out as meat birds. Some people say that FBCM are the best-tasting chickens; however, I imagine that's more a matter of personal taste. These don't grow nearly as fast or as large as Cornish X or Cornish crosses, but they still grow to a respectable size and are dual-meat birds:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/marans-as-a-dual-purpose-cold-weather-breed.256408/

Anyway, PM me if you're interested in either or both of these packages. BTW, the BBS Orp pullets are not laying yet, but when mature they are prolific layers of large, light-brown eggs, usually 6 or 7 eggs per hen per week.

***SOLD!***​
 
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