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Runner Ducks

Posted by Adam Woods on February 22, 2022 at 8:49pm in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Plants

As some of you know I'm restoring a couple of 28m Grade 2* beds, using the original Georgian planting plans. The client has just signed off on £7000 worth of plants....quite an investment. We will start receiving the plants soon. Now the problem, we were doing more weeding and prepping of the beds last week and saw some of the weeds were eaten....we looked across the lawn to the lake and saw the possible culprits .....around 15 Indian runner ducks who live there ....any ideas if the clients £7k worth of plants are going to be eaten as a delicacy by the said birds???

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    Dave Colton February 22, 2022 at 9:28pm

    I used to have 42 runners and they would peck and graze on anything and everything, if they didn't like it there would be damage from them trying it but on the whole the plant in question would end up with quite a bit of damage from them trying it but would survive.  If they did like what they pecked at it could sometimes be gone in quite literally minutes.

  • David Benson February 22, 2022 at 10:22pm

     posability that they will have a go, chicken wire and canes to fenc it off till it gets going will help

    • Graham Taylor > David Benson February 23, 2022 at 8:47am

      ,,,,won't they just flyover the top?

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        Adam Woods > Graham Taylor February 23, 2022 at 10:46am

        I've never seen them fly....but boy can they run !!

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    Andrew Betteridge February 23, 2022 at 10:46am

    The clue is in the name, Runners.

    Apart from a tendency to run a lot have they had their wings clipped?

    Clipping is simply shortening the feathers on one wing, a mate of mine got it wrong and did both wings then wondered how the ducks managed to fly away. 

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    Andrew Betteridge February 23, 2022 at 12:51pm
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    I did a long hard day yesterday, then got home at half eight last night to find I had an email postponing today’s job until next week, which is why I have sat down for a couple of hours and ended up wasting time watching a video of  Indian Runner ducks trying to fly, they don’t really crack it, but look like they could clear an obstacle.

    I have only ever seen them running.

    https://youtu.be/-OxpL1K7w7U

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    Andrew Betteridge February 23, 2022 at 12:58pm

    Actually these look more like the Indian Runners I have seen rather than those in theat video.

    https://youtu.be/YVdHpVLby5I

  • Neil Darby February 25, 2022 at 9:43pm

    On the plus side, they are tasty.

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    Andrew Betteridge February 26, 2022 at 9:19am

    They might be tasty, but you have to catch them first.

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