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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: Maria1969 on April 25, 2012, 08:06:37 am

Title: FREE ..... YOUNG RUNNER DUCKS... (Suffolk)
Post by: Maria1969 on April 25, 2012, 08:06:37 am
Hello All

A good friend of mine died suddenly this week :0(  and I have the task of rehoming his much loved Runner Ducks plus one Mallard, they are all last years young apart from the Mallard (dont know anything about him), at present I do not know how many males/females (if anyone can tell me how to sex them that would be a great help) but from what I have been told most are females.

There are 9 in total plus one Mallard drake, they have been kept in two pens and if possible I would like them to go in there groups (4 and 5) but will concider spliting.

Pictures will be taken this morning and collection is from Nr Glemsford Suffolk CO10

Can be collected any time.

Please get in touch if you can offer them a home.

Many thanks

Maria

](http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh637/mads0204/ducks001.jpg)

(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh637/mads0204/ducks002.jpg)


Title: Re: FREE ..... YOUNG RUNNER DUCKS... (Suffolk)
Post by: kitchen cottage on April 25, 2012, 08:42:47 am
I would love some of these! I've just dug a pond and got a duckhouse. I am in essex so picking up is no problem.  I would like 4 and am off work until next wednesday (fencing) so can come any time.

I've just registered so don't really know how this works and if I post  a phone number here..
Title: Re: FREE ..... YOUNG RUNNER DUCKS... (Suffolk)
Post by: Maria1969 on April 25, 2012, 05:24:04 pm
Pictures now added :0)
Title: Re: FREE ..... YOUNG RUNNER DUCKS... (Suffolk)
Post by: Maria1969 on April 26, 2012, 02:06:22 pm
Hi All

Only 3 runners left :0) and one lonely Drake Mallard :0(

Many thanks

Maria
Title: Re: FREE ..... YOUNG RUNNER DUCKS... (Suffolk)
Post by: sminicky on May 03, 2012, 11:53:57 am
Hi do you still have the 3 runners and do you know if they are male or female?
Very interested, live in Suffolk
email me at [email protected]
thanks
Nicky
Title: Re: FREE ..... YOUNG RUNNER DUCKS... (Suffolk)
Post by: kitchen cottage on May 03, 2012, 12:46:46 pm
Hi,

I took some of the ducks and tried to sex them.  I think I left 1 female and two male runners in one pen and the mallard is a male.  I was sexing the runners on the basis that the males have a curly feather on their tales and only two had that.