runner duck

Hi, We got mandarin ducks and runner ducks last year and are going through our first year of hatching. Thanks for letting us be part of your community, helping us along the way and sharing your wisdom. Thank you!

Hi everyone! My almost 3 year old runner duck Hannibal was making a weird sneezing sound today when I let the flock out. They were foraging together and I kept noticing she was making this weird sneezing sound. I picked her up and gave her a check over. She had nothing in her nostrils, nothing...

Its my first spring (getting close to 1 year mark having my ducks) and I have 4 sibling runner drakes. They've done well together all year (they'll be 1 year in march or may) but now its gotten warmer in one day and they all switched up and are fighting hard together. The most submissive one...

At TSC there were assorted ducklings. The ducklings appeared to be blue swedish, and maybe saxony or F&W runners today. I am NOT good with identifying ducklings (yet) so I stood there scrolling through several websites showcasing ducklings. I chose to buy what I think is an Ancona, and the is...

This morning I noticed my one boy Runner's chest was looking different than normally and more obviously concave at the top. I'm still so new to owning ducks or birds in general, so sorry if this is a bit of a silly question. I kept an eye on him and he's eating and acting normal, but is the way...

Hi! It's been a while since I've been in here, and I was curious for people's opinions of my boy's nails. Without looking closely they seem fine (and honestly, my initial instinct is that they are) but I'm new to having ducks so I want to have other other people's opinions. I never really...

One of my runners hurt her leg a little while back and I’ve had to put up our male since he kept making it worse. It has healed since then but now she lays around a lot more than normal but she walks just fine and keeps up with the other girls. She also seems to be molting so I don’t know if...

Hi! I've noticed in a couple of occasions that one of my female Indian Runners have like a mucus snot hanging from nose/mouth. She is super active and is eating well .. everything else looks good ... but I wonder if I should do something about the snot... maybe early signs of respiratory...

Hello!! I've been lurking on here for quite a few months while I've been caring for my first ever ducks, now I've finally made an account! I recived 6 baby ducklings in the spring, and now that they're almost all grown up I've found out I have 2 girls and 4 boys 😅 I decided to keep the boys...

Hi! I have 8 Indian runner ducks (females). Today I noticed one of them starting to limp. I was worried it was bumble foot, but upon inspection, the only thing we saw was a tiny wound on the top of her foot. This is my first time raising ducks (and first post!). Is there a spray or an ointment I...

Hi! My duck seems to be wet on only her neck. I have picked her up and checked her over and she is dry everywhere else but her neck is wet to the touch, I have some photos I will attach as well. Has anyone seen wet feather only on the neck? I've tried googling this but can't find anything.

For the past couple of days we’ve noticed that our female duck, BeeBee has got a low belly but there has been no change in her behaviour, she’s still running and swimming and drinking like normal, she still comes running when she sees us come out into the garden, I have read up on Ascites and...

Hey all! So I think I may have asked this question before, but what does this weird creaking sound mean?! I finally caught a video of Frances while he was grooming and you can clearly hear the sound. However, my other runners make the same sound when they're just standing in the coop! Any ideas?

Hi all, I have been taking my runner duck and mallard to the bird vet every 6 months for checkups - especially because my runner suffers from low calcium and needs an implant every 6 months to stop her laying eggs. However this is not the only problem, it seems they both always have something...

I purchased 6 straight run indian runner ducklings off of craigslist this spring, they were hatched on mother's day from a mallard runner drake, a fawn hen and a blue hen. It looks like we had 3 males and 3 females judging by the tail curl. Lots of different colors! I found it hard to voice sex...

New to posting but have been using this forum for help raising my first duck flock! I couldn’t seem to find an answer pertaining a hard almost skin like crust forming over both of my Drakes eyes? It’s semi-hard and seems to be attached to his eye lids but though his eyes may be slightly wetter...

This runner is ten weeks old any guesses on if it is a drake or hen? Please see attched video. Also does anyone if he/she is a chocolate or black runner