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Chocolate Runners
Runners originated in costal regions of the Indo-Chinese Peninsula and Southeast Asia Islands. They are the original herding ducks. Today most people think of them as heavy egg producers.
When relaxed they stand at a 45-75 degree angle. There bodies have a wine bottle shape. They should have long graceful necks and no shoulders. When at attention they should stand upright with their tails tucked between their legs. They can often be quite comical running around the barnyard. They’re always in a hurry.
We have phased out our other colors of runners in order to concentrate on the chocolates. These birds belong to my youngest son. I didn’t hatch a lot of them this year. I was busy hatching my calls and wanted to hatch the bigger birds later in the summer. Once again my hens decided to molt mid-July. So I will be hatching them earlier this year. My goal would be to hatch around 40 to build up my breeders, and hopefully get a show bird or two.
Our birds are the darker chocolates, and the drakes have the beautiful green sheens on their heads. These are not the crazy hyper runners either. I’m looking to breed birds with longer necks and a slimmer body type. With that said my son did have the Best in Show Waterfowl at the Jr. level at the Buckeye Classic last June. His young hen also placed 1st at the Ohio National.
For Sale
Fertile eggs-yes
Ducklings-yes (pick up only)
Breeders in the fall-yes
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