The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Flora on June 05, 2019, 12:20:40 pm
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Our female Indian Runner disappeared one lunch time. No sign of feathers or violence and we are hoping that she is holed up somewhere sitting on a clutch of eggs and will reappear . Does anyone know how many eggs, generally , :&> they sit on so we can calculate when she might come back? Unlikely but we are hoping! If its large clutch then she might still be there.....
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Ducks eggs take 28 days to hatch no matter how many there are ;)
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I've kept runner ducks for years and I'm sorry to say they have never gone broody :(
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Ours occasionally have, but that's not to say they were much good at it!
Remember that broody ducks still come off the nest to eat, so if she's still around, it's likely you'll see her at some point. I have to say, I fear the worst though....
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Most of my ducks hot bored of being broody maximum after two weeks - that why I loooooove muscovies!
Realistically there is a high chance that a fox got her :gloomy:
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Hi . Not sure how to do this so I went for "Reply" . Thank you for the comments. She hasn't come back...... Arrggh! So sad ....she was blonde beautiful and so friendly, and the drake is a complete pill, he keeps trying to mate with some grey Aracauna hens. No wonder she left! So next time I shall buy 2 indian runner ducks and maybe they will be a safe team .
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Sorry she didn't appear. I would get your drake a few ducks sooner rather than later, it sounds like he's lonely :/