I’m a chickeneer and a bit of a gardenaholic…., and will enthuse to anyone daft enough to listen about the benefits of trying a more self supporting lifestyle. As a breeder of pure & rare breed chickens, a grower of peat free naturalistic plant schemes, a grow your own enthusiast & freelance writer, some might say I have a ‘portfolio career’ but in essence I’m just a mud covered tyke who smells of chicken poo and just about covers the bills.
So what’s this all about? It’s a blog for those who love their chickens & gardens and want a practical approach to both… and it’s a space for me to procrastinate about poultry and garble on about gardening in an untidy tangle of the two….
I wish you were a Duckeneer. I need advice one keeping Indian Runner Ducks on the west coast of Canada..
Any Help you can give – don’t, please, suggest Vets.
J.R. Reid
I do keep Indian Runners myself, what advice are you looking for? I may be able to help or may be able to point you in the direction of some assistance
Thank you so much for replying to my email. My concern with respect to my Indian Runners is that in the spring, as soon as they start to moult, they puff up rather like pouter pigeons with a bulge in the breast area. When they stand erect this bulge disappears. Once the moult is over they return to normal. This has happend the last two years (the ducks are three years old).
I think I’d need to see an image before I can more fully understand. Do you mean their crop area is inflated. It doesn’t sound like some sort of infection/virus given the birds appear to make a clear recovery but the change when the ducks posture changes seems a little odd too if it were to be some sort of anatomical/physical change in the breast area.