QUESTION: I hope you don’t mind me messaging you, I would appreciate your advice. Responsible sellers put welfare first, and I am sure you are familiar with that. And perhaps he should have found out more about them first before selling them. Washing up bowls also work well for birds at 4 weeks plus - maybe these are 3-weeks old? Always make sure they can get out of a water container if they can get in. What is wrong with a drinking fountain? The red based one for small birds, the green based larger container (often raised on legs) for larger birds. The water container needs to be of a design which stops then falling in head first and drowning. Wild ducks live on water and they need to drink frequently. If they are then given water after filling themselves with chick crumbs, the crumbs then swell up enormously inside and they will die from the pressure, which also interferes with their breathing. If they are fed chick crumbs with insufficient water they will dehydrate. I would really like to know what to do? I have given them half a small bowl this morning and they have had it all. I pointed out that they had no water left in their bowl and the man said if they had lots of water available they drink themselves to death and drown internally and that I should only put down enough water to line the bottom of a small bowl for all day. There was one dead in the run they where in. It was a very hot day yesterday and they had some chick crumb down but no water. When we went to buy these ducklings they were kept in a greenhouse with the door open. I have kept chickens for several years but yesterday I bought two Runner ducklings. QUESTION: Hello there I would really like some advice. It is one of the aims of the INDIAN RUNNER DUCK CLUB to preserve the purity of the breed and contribute to the accurate standardization of the Indian Runner Duck.Because of the demand, we are sorry that we can normally deal directly with enquiries only from members of the Indian Runner Duck Association. It was only by the enthusiasm of people like Joseph Walton and Matthew Smith that fresh importations were made in the early 1900s and the pure breed Indian Runners are still to be found alongside their cross-breed relatives. They were used to create Khaki Campbells, Buff Orpingtons and the rush of 'Light Duck' breeds that now fill the commercial farms and exhibition pens. From their early importation they were crossed with other domestic ducks to such an extent that the pure Indian Runners were almost extinct in Britain by the beginning of the twentieth century. The Runners have been a determining factor in the commercial market, especially for quick-growing egg-layers but also for adding cross-breed vigour to the traditional table breeds, like Aylesbury and Rouen. They are unique, and that is why the INDIAN RUNNER DUCK CLUB wishes to protect the pure breed. They are set apart from other domestic ducks not only by the geography but in their shape, bone structure and blood proteins. Its evolution was probably determined more by human influence than natural selection over the hundreds of years they have been in the islands of Indonesia. The Indian Runner, like most breeds of domestic duck, is a development of the wild mallard. They had been found in the East Indies, from where they get their present name, but were referred to as 'Penguin Ducks' by Dutch explorers and some of the early importers. When they were imported into Europe they attracted attention because of their tall, upright bodies and their incredible reputation for egg-laying. Indian Runners are a very special breed of domestic duck.
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