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Runner ducklings are great pet ducks!All Runners were originally bred in Southeast Asia for high egg production and excellent mobility. There is evidence of their ancient ancestry from stone carvings in Java that are over 2000 years old. These ducks are still being used as they were then. Flocks of ducks are herded daily from field to field eating waste rice, weed seeds, insects, slugs and other bugs. They are then put in a bamboo pen at night where they lay their eggs and are released the following morning to clean other fields. During the course of their lives the ducks may cover hundreds of miles in their travels. Therefore a hardy mobile duck is absolutely necessary-you will not find a better foraging duck than the Runner. As they are light in weight, there is also less chance of them trampling the vegetation in your garden or yard. Because of the high egg production of the native ducks, duck eggs are used in a variety of ways in Southeast Asia. Not only do they replace the typical chicken egg but duck eggs are made into two unique products, the balut (a partially incubated duck egg) and the salted egg (fresh eggs put in a salt solution or salt mud until the salt has permeated the entire egg). Due to the emphasis in coloration over the past 80 years in the breeding programs in England and the United States, the Runners no longer excel at egg production. They are very average at this point. Why are they called Indian Runners? Tradition has it the ducks were first imported into England in the 1850s and were named Indians as the ship had proceeded from India and had traded with the "Indies". It wasn't until 1909 that the importing family acknowledged that they came from Southeast Asia - not India. But by then the name had stuck and the breed was extremely popular throughout the country. Until the Khaki Campbell was bred, Runners were by far the most productive egg laying ducks. Prior to the turn of the century there were many egg trials in England where representatives of different breeds and farmers were put on a common site and their egg production monitored and compared. The first Runners imported into England were either Fawn, Fawn-and-White, or White in color. The first records of them being in an exhibition were in 1877 at the Dumfries Show in England. In 1898 they were admitted into the American Standard Registry. The Black, Blue and Chocolate were not admitted until 1977.

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He is fun and very affectionate! Follows you every where you go. He is a part of our family now!!

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Reviewed by: debra coderre from lyndonvill, Vermont on 5/8/2012

Love them!

Duckings arrived quickly and in perfect health, CH sent me 4 more babies than I ordered, and charged me for 3 of them, however I don't know how they would have handled the problem if I had chosen to complain as I was so pleased with the ducklings I ended up glad I had more and decided to let it go. I gave 4 stars because of the mistake and high cost of shipping, but I couldn't be happier with the ducklings...they are beautiful and growing like weeds.

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Reviewed by: Alison from Michigan on 6/19/2012

Great Ducks

Mine arrived in great shape except 2 dead. I was reimbursed right away for the loss. Mine are all doing great fully feathered. Beautiful ducks. I highly recommend buying here

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Reviewed by: jan hickman from Ceres on 4/11/2016

LOVE THEM

We received three healthy ducklings. They were very active when they arrived and we have been enjoying them immensely. They do cry a lot when you get out of their site though.

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Reviewed by: Lindsey Julow from Vermont on 5/14/2012

Thanks!

Got my ducklings early Tuesday with no problems at all. I'm so impressed with your shipping procedures - ducklings were strong and healthy and no worse for wear. They're happy and adorable!

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Reviewed by: Alysa from Utah on 3/23/2011

Rancher

My ladies arrived safe and sound and immediately started growing like crazy! They are now out free-range on my farm happily quacking and hanging out in their own pond. They feathered out beautifully and follow my Drake Howard around adoringly! Will get more in Spring too!!

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Reviewed by: MARCIA DREWRY from Wakefield, Virginia on 8/10/2017

Ducker

The runt of the litter, Ducker emerged from her awkward teenage years with a strong, well-actualized personality, social confidence and gentle grace matched only by her spazzy love of being like, all the way under the blanket.

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