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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: littlechick on March 07, 2011, 08:42:25 pm
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Hi
I am collecting three runners tomorrow and have been told
1 BLACK FEMALE, BE LAYING EGGS SOON;2 MALE ONE LIGHT BROWN;WHITE FRONT/THE OTHER THE COLOUR OF DRAKE DUCK
Anyone else here have any?
I am very excited! :&>
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Hi i have a white indian runner, "mavis", she is lovely.
I also have an aylesbury, " matilda".
And picked up 3 karki campbells yesterday a drake and 2 females.
They are addictive, good luck with yours,
My new females laid me 2 eggs this morning, which was a nice surprise, and they were yummy ;D
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I have some Indian runners and they are just now laying well. Mine are 2 x Apricot, trout, black and chocolate. They are more nervous than my 'normal' ducks but very funny and cleaner than my slarty Aylesburies and Swedish lot. Watch the lone female though as she will be plagued by the advances of two males.We are culling some males any time now as the balance male to female is out. Good luck with them
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your three sound very much like our three!
no, two now sorry... we also have four white Aylesburies & one "duck" coloured Aylesbury (!) ;D
they are great fun to watch, very funny....
and we're getting two eggs a day... most of ours are drakes ::)
post up photos when you get them, so I can compare their colourings with mine!!
:wave:
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Thank you for your replies!
I have been told they have lived together for 2 years, and he didn't want them seperated so I guess we will have to see how they go, but I will keep that in mind Hermit.
Your all sound lovely, I really can't wait.
Yes I will do Little Blue!! :)
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I have one, black one called (surprie surprise) duckie, who layed her first egg today ;D and two KC x runner ducks which are sort of purple coloured, and the drake has a dark grey head.
Love watching them guddle around, though they do make one hell of a mess and a smell in winter ::)
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CameronS welldone on the eggy and love the name!!! ;D
Well I got them today and I must say I can see why he wanted tem to stay together as they are a lovely little threesome!!! :love:
We also had an accident (well almost) on our first day! the Lady got stuck between the shed and Wendy house in a frenzy as she was trying to go through it in a panic to move from me ::)... I nearly cried I was soo worried as she just sat still and didn't move :'( so I got OH and he moved the shed over and got her out! ;D the whole time this was happening the two boys where running about everywhere shouting very loud as if they were saying "help!" it was such a cute thing!! :love:
We checked her over and she seemed fine and went back to her men and they had a nibble on her neck it was sooo sweet!
The chickens however are not impressed at all!!! clucking and making a racket, while the other tried to peck at them through the mesh (the head chuck ::)) so I am going to leave it a few more days before the 'supervised' visit goes ahead ;)
Getting these ducks were very last minute (ad on preloved and only looked due to having a dream about getting ducks!) the bloke wanted them all to go together and I just couldn't believe know one did! he said he had phone calls for them to be split but he said no.. I am so glad I did!
They are living in the Wendy house until I get suitable housing (it isn't used anymore) and I will do them a run for when I pop out.. otherwise they have all the lower garden and have far more room than they did before... they seemed so happy! ;D
Here they are :)
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OBW that isn't their pond, its our homemade frugal froggy pond thats netted off (can barely see the net) their pond is behind me! :D
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many hours spent duck watching now, hope you enjoy them :wave:
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Oooo and im sure those hours have already started! especialy after many gazes out the window :D
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are yours as vocal as mine in the morning?
i had my first ever complaint today :-\ the ducks are to noisy when they are let out, and Carry on the commotion for about 20Min's.
Not that this neighbour is i any power above me, they moved in here from a city, and the ducks were here first. in my eyes they can like it or bloody lump it
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wev got a trio of chocolate runners. so gorgeous. we used to have khaki campbells but much prefer these. hope to have ducklings this spring if the labrador stops stealing the eggs!! (hes chocolate too! >:()
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They do have a little 'babble' but its not too bad to be honest. They make less noise than the dog next door and less than the traffic near by!
If the moved in after (not that they could say anything anyway!) then who the hell are they?! id encourage more quacking :D
Aww I would love to hatch some this spring, I am looking into it now. Its all quite exciting!!
I got an egg this morning too, was quite shocked due to their move and that she got stuck yesterday, so she must be happy ;)
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Just put some eggs in the incubator for some black runners today ;D
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A trio is supposed to be a male and two females not the other way round - as far as I know anyway, and it makes sense to me. I think you may need to get more females for your boys ::) ;D Great excuse to have more too. ;D I have a Swedish Blue Drake, a Khaki Campbell, female and hatched out three of their children in September - fortunately they all seem to be girls by their voices, so hopefully they will start to lay soon. I love my ducks, the second I open the front door they start to shout for their breakfast, and I agree with you Cameron about yours. Unfortunately my neighbours were here before me but everyone is kept happy with eggs!
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TheGirlsMum how eggciting!!! ;D :D I really want to have ago!
doganjo Yes I totally agree with you, he kept them together as he rescued them (previous owner moved country) but they seem very happy together apart from the ocassional shove from both males, but otherwise are perfectly fine. I will be looking for a female though (OH doesn't know that ;)) when we move home... just not sure when yet! :D
I decided to let the chickens out today, they were absolutly fine. But second attempt in the late afternoon ended in the lady runner going for the head hen Marran as she was pecking around her water hole ::) (muddy hole they have already delightfully created ::) :D)
Of course the Marran did not take any of that nonsense and they FULL on had a 'bitch' fight, if they had hands they would of been slapping each other!
I hope that doesn't last long? ???
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they're lovely littlechick!
these are mine, sorry, ours... abit muddy in the photo! ;)
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Oh stop it, all of you! ;D
Oh, and if any of you have Indian Runner hatching eggs available, please ON NO ACCOUNT should you PM me! ;) ;D
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::D sorry Womble!
I wont pm you, if it turns out at leat one of ours is a girl (think so, waiting for first egg to prove it!) theyd be mongrels, sorry, hybrids anyway...
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awww little blue they are gorgeous :love:
I really want to give the hatching a good go, looking into incu's now ;D
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Oh stop it, all of you! ;D
Oh, and if any of you have Indian Runner hatching eggs available, please ON NO ACCOUNT should you PM me! ;) ;D
Haven't you got any ducks then, David? ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I have 5 white campbell ducks, all called duckie! and 1 drake, Donald! they start shouting about 20 mins after the chickens start, for about 15 mins then shut up, but literally 15 secs after I let them out of their house they whizz to the pond and shut up........until they spot their iceberg lettuce!! then we have quacks til they have eaten.
I love my ducks, they are addictive, if I could hatch more, I would.
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I have 5 white campbell ducks, all called duckie! and 1 drake, Donald! they start shouting about 20 mins after the chickens start, for about 15 mins then shut up, but literally 15 secs after I let them out of their house they whizz to the pond and shut up........until they spot their iceberg lettuce!! then we have quacks til they have eaten.
I love my ducks, they are addictive, if I could hatch more, I would.
Awww they sound lovely!
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do anyone elses fly? went out to feed them tonight, and the drake was flying a good 10meters up around the pen ???
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mine havnt flown ( daisy, daffy and donald lol) but our old muscovy drake used to fly and he was really heavy and powerful, he was wonderful but snaffled by a damn fox! >:(
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do anyone elses fly? went out to feed them tonight, and the drake was flying a good 10meters up around the pen ???
Mine cant physically get off the floor!!
The poultry sale at Thainstone on Saturday saw an Indian Runner Duck fetching a price of £160!!
I was pleased with the sale of my poultry but think I'll hatch ducks now!!
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Haven't you got any ducks then, David? ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Go on, somebody ask me again in 26 days time! ;D
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my trio were last years hatch, 1 egg everyday from 2 girls. i havent actually seen any mating, (their paddock is just in front of our house so in full view all day) are they still too young or are they not as "adventurous" as chickens?
iv put the eggs in the incy anyway - being optimistic here..
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The poultry sale at Thainstone on Saturday saw an Indian Runner Duck fetching a price of £160!!
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what was so special about them? mine are gorgeous and were about £20 for trio last year at thainstone.
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princesspiggy, I have no idea, 2 call ducks reached £110!!!
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:o £160 what were they..... gold egg layers! :D
Well I must say they are FAR from quiet and FAR from shy!!!
They follow me around the garden, peck at my feet and the female.... JEEZE don't she half make a racket! :o
They come upto my back door and make loads of noise until I come out and feed them! :D
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thats sweet tho, its nice when they have character. mine are quiet but do come running if theyre hungry. my old muscovy had a nice character, always pottering about. we sold her cos her mate got taken by a fox and she was incredibly broody, would sit on about 30 eggs for weeks but had no mate, so it was quite sad she went to a home that had a muscovy drake waiting. she was sweet.