Duck Advice (part 2)

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bimini

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 156

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 15 7:33 pm Post subject: Duck Advice (part 2)
I have recently acquired 2 Indian Runners. They were advertised as 2 years old and female. I have had them for a fortnight now. I am hoping to have some eggs soon, but having never had ducks before have a couple of questions: Do ducks go off lay in the winter... when can I expect them to come into lay? How can I confirm that they are female? Many thanks.

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 15 8:31 pm Post subject:
Hallo Male Runners have a tail feather that curls upwards generally; & are more colourful My runners lay but very erratically; if they live amongst themselves ie not with chooks or other fowls, they tend to lay anywhere & everywhere within there domain...that is to say, if they live in an enclosed space This is my experience of Runners...other experiences are available They are very funny

bimini

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 156

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 15 7:27 pm Post subject:
Had my first egg today!! However another query... neither have the curly tail feathers that mousjoos suggested, but I have seen them mating - does that mean that I have one of each sex or do females sometimes mount each other like cows do?

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 15 7:38 pm Post subject:
Curly feathers didn't develop straight away....& sometimes I've had 4 of them "at it", with only 1 of them a female They're still funny

bimini

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 156

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 15 8:06 pm Post subject:
I agree they are very funny!!

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