Indian Runners at 10days old with mum

Aaaah Bless  

Foxy they are beautiful,
I did think about getting some runners, but opted for more calls instead!

Is that a Seal point you have there too? We've got a chocolate point & used to have a Blue, he died last year    The choc point hasn't been the same since  

More pics of the ducks please and love to hear how they're getting on maybe I'll get some next year?

beautiful! loved the part with the cat too! looking slightly puzzled! lol

Nice1 Foxy, runner ducks are so lovely, I have 3 myselfand theres no way I would get rid of them, even though they are quite skittish. They always run the opposite direction of where I'm walking lol. Did your hen hatch them out??? If she did then I'm gonna try it with my next clocker/broody hen. Big problem with rats at the min though, stealing my moscovy ducklings, and my runner eggs. But hopefullyI'll get more runner ducks soon the same way you did.

I just love Indian Runners and they get funnier. When putting our ducks to bed they follow me through the farm yard and you can hear the sound of their feet slapping on the concrete.

I do hope the cat doesn't decide they would make a nice snack!

Diamond_Lil

I am sure you know this, but in case you don't, a broody hen doesn't have a waterproof preen gland and the ducklings are therefore not waterproof until they are fully feathered, and their own preen galnds are fully matured. If you let them swim while still covered in down they will become waterlogged and drown.

We loved the 'launch' of ours on to the pond for the first time. Much flapping of wings, diving under the water and 'up tails all'!

If you watch a hen drinking, she is so delicate about it, just a beakful at a a time, very ladylike. But the ducklings throw water around, gargle it, paddle in it and make a terrible mess. In the end we removed the hen to stop her having a nervous breakdown!

DL