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Indian Runner ducks are domesticated waterfowl from the archipelago of the East Indies (Indonesia). [9] They appear to be represented in stone sculptures in Java from c. 1000 AD. [ 9 ] In 1856, the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace recorded in The Malay Archipelago that the ducks in the Indonesian island of Lombok "walk erect, like penguins".
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They also give the example of a duck breed that cannot fly, Indian Runner ducks, "Runner ducks, known for their upright stance, are agile runners but not particularly strong fliers. They prefer to ...
Long Boi (before 2018 – April 2023) was an unusually tall male duck that lived by Derwent College, University of York, England.He was thought to be an Indian Runner duck-Mallard cross, standing out among the other ducks on the campus due to his height.
[13]: 258 Duck husbandry is simplified by aspects of their behaviour, including reliable flocking and the ability to forage effectively for themselves in wetlands and water bodies. [12] Most breeds of duck may lay some 200 eggs per year, [13]: 258 though the Indian Runner may produce over 300 eggs annually. [2]
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An 8 week old Khaki Campbell (rear) and a 13-week-old Mallard. Mrs Adele Campbell [12] commenced poultry-keeping around 1887 and later purchased an Indian Runner Duck of indiscriminate type which was an exceptional layer (182 eggs in 196 days), [13] [14] and which formed the basis in developing the "Campbell Ducks"; in her own words "Various matings of Rouen, Indian Runner and Wild Duck were ...
Indian Runner ducks with free access to rice paddies in Bali, Indonesia provide additional income and manure the fields, reducing the need for fertilizer. [1]Rice-duck farming is the polycultural practice of raising ducks and rice on the same land.