hi all looking for a bit of advise and help i had got to runners in febuary from a breader a magpie (boy) a chocolate (girl) so maybe to have some eggs and maybe with much pestering from my girls ducklings as our first ducks to have now from much reading after much reading im guessing males have a curl on the tail that they both have lol as can be seen by the pic if of the two with charlie the dog, but recently we got some more ducks 8 to be presise (what was i thinking) 2 campbels both girls and sweaties but then picked up 6 ducks from some one who we should say should have NEVER had ducks all in small run and caked in mud!!!!!!!!! (why would people keep them if this is all they can provide them) so two of them i had to rehome as although a very nice drake was far to domiment and his girl that went every whwere was far to loud as faught with the campbels
so i have four ducks that i need to know what the colourings are and breed i have some idea but throwing it out to the big wide world if any one a better idea than me
thanks for any advise

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The first 2 look like 2 drakes to me - the brown one looks like a campbell/mallard x with a runner. The second pic look like mallard campbell crosses, and the white duck could be an aylesbury although technically I think they are supposed to have a pink beak and are usually pretty heavy birds - they are the kind bred for the table, or just a white duck which could be of any breed - a good mix anyway!!
Ducks are good fun - messy though! - I just picked up 3 saxony trout runners from a local poultry sale - they were so cheap but so cute I couldn't resist - I set out to buy turkies!!!

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good luck with the turkies with xmas coming will u get a guilty feeling lol , must say with our white duck we are going to have to rehome him i think such a lovely drake but he is bullying our other runner duck away some times a bit of bullying big time from our runner duck (our cross dressing drake lol ) these two we got together and always been togther but since the white drake its total nightmare but the runners toataly blank the other ducks , ?????????
some times wishing i stuck with only two lol

Oh what fun you are having
I think ducks are hilarious creatures and it often takes them a while to get used to new members to the flock. Unfortunately I have found Runner drakes to need at least 4 and preferably 6 females each in the spring/summer months or the poor girls can be run ragged.