Why I Keep Farm Ducks! Indian Runners

I hatched 34 indian runner ducks to keep me with eggs, and to train the herding dogs. Now, they´re 4,5 months old, and hopefully, they´ll soon start to lay some eggs!

[@J_Nasty]

You've got alot of drakes. They say you want 1 drake to every 4-5 females

[@FarmerE]

I sure do! I´ll be scaling down soon

[@BBartelotti]

Your ducks are cool! We're so glad you are making so many friends, especially those like Rod in Canada! Brothers from another mother... Love it!

[@rhadath]

Awesome video as usual!!! Thanks for the mention!! I need to find a better way to share these on Instagram :-)

[@FarmerE]

Thank YOU, Rod!

[@fiddlersfarm]

I have 8 Khaki Campbells. They are 15 yrs old. Have lived healthfully their whole lives on dog food (kibble). Nothing better!

[@p_roduct9211]

Wow! 15 years, I didn't know they live that long. Do you live somewhere with winters? How do you find their egg laying production after 5+ years?

[@DavBaz]

Haha excellent ! I love the way they move! Grouppppiiiiir lol

[@theproperty541]

“Fertilized? Fertiliiiized?” I instantly subscribed 😂🥰

[@whataworld369]

Great vid. Very entertaining and funny along with some good info to know. You got my subscription! Did you really eat that cute lil fella tho?! :)

[@ferencnorberttoth4991]

Your ducks are kind! I have to get some one to against of Spanish nail. Greatings from Hungary! They are like talking, hep-hep- hep-hep :) and your cat is kind too, funny as its shows up.

[@FarmerE]

Love those ducks!!

[@jeanvaljean1213]

Thank you for your vids and your smile. It's a hard way of life you choose but for sure more satisfying than working behind a desk!!! Big thumb up from France!

[@FarmerE]

Thank you! I couldn’t agree more!! Thanks for watching! 24601!!

[@melissaestep6568]

Hi this is Melissa Estep, Talamantez I just saw ur video it helped me a little better on telling how to determine a male duck from a female my ducks are about 3 months old and I think for sure I have two females so I'm going to try and get me a male duck from a place that sale ducks today. Cross ur fingers that I get a male duck this time.

[@davetildsley1938]

fertilised????.........Fertilised..........

[@richardhartley1705]

I have Indian runners also 11 ducks 1 drake he serves them all no problem👍

[@stormbunnie6966]

I love it! I am on a waiting list to get 4 one day old Indian Runners and I am so excited :)

[@kimlombard639]

What a cool video! Loved the ducks, and the kitty-cat too...👍💗

[@lifebehindacow5999]

Now that's good entertainment. Miss having ducks around our farm. Spend way to much time watching the wild ducks play in the water holes.

[@FarmerE]

Yeah, the ducks are great! Can´t wait for them to start laying eggs!

[@McAmber]

Thank you for these tips^^

[@daleromdenne]

Love the video. Just got 3 runners & can’t wait for the sun to come up to go see them. Thanks again from Algoma, Wisconsin

[@Beth-t2p]

Just reserved three Indian runner ducklings

[@klaassiersma4892]

Why keep ducks? Becous they are sweet.🐣

[@scottjohnson676]

Never seen that type of duck before, very cool. Do you have birds of prey you are concerned about?

[@FarmerE]

We have hawks! But it’s the fox i’m worried about, he has taken a couple

[@airadaimagery692]

Farmer E I had fox issues with my ducks and so I had a small pond and I built a “quakhouse” in the middle of it for the ducks to go to when the Fox came around. I can not say that it was 100% a sure solution, but it was very effective and saved me quite a few ducks.

[@louisedavies6108]

really useful, thank you

[@bryanbatton01]

What an awesome channel.

[@FarmerE]

Thanks, man!

[@alirfani4]

How many colors are they ?

[@afarmerslife2092]

I had mallard and Welsh harlequin ducks.

[@FarmerE]

Cool! Had? What happened?

[@afarmerslife2092]

@@FarmerE I sold them. To focus on chickens.

[@FarmerE]

Lucky chickens!

[@rearc12]

Ducks also eat lots of grasses

[@naturewatcher7596]

Got the ducks, have a dog, but have no clues how to train her to heard the ducks - when she tries to intervene they just run in the wrong direction lol. So, prefer to herd them myself :) After chasing them into their duck house for a couple of nights now they go there themselves after sunset, which is a great relief for me (doing laps around the duck house every night is too much exercise for me :) ) They and 2 geese (currently goslings 1 week younger) raised with them also will follow me when I'm calling before giving food. Geese seems to be more voice oriented and starting to call back and to follow first, then ducks follow too. Getting new ducklings soon and will see the difference between them and those geese trained one. Will they come when called too or will just wait till I give food to them?

[@christian0673]

Du burde få tak i skuffe til booger, og kan vi få en oppdatering på forden

[@FarmerE]

Ja, en skuffe hadde absolutt vært fint! Forden har stått stille i ett år nå, får vel prøve å sterte den snart!

[@denisbelanger9590]

OK, now I'm sure I have a male Indian Runner (5 months old) thanks for the tips. I have few new eggs of Indian runners, and after few days, I can see some life, so Coincoin with not be alone as a duck :)

[@Viviana.craftwood]

They're sooo cute 🥺💜 I want one

[@ludvigjohansson2876]

You are making such a cool videos!! Just keep it going!!! 🙏🏻

[@FarmerE]

Thank you so much, Ludvig!

[@davidgoodman4546]

I miss farmer e

[@jbid9999]

Thanks

[@carloguivencan7352]

Fertilized? Always the humor. Great!

[@FarmerE]

Thanks, Carlo!

[@carloguivencan7352]

Farmer E your welcome. Followed your instagram account. Great photographs you got there.

[@FarmerE]

Thanks! I really should do more photos, everything goes into the youtube channel these days

[@carloguivencan7352]

Farmer E your welcome! Kee the videos coming Mr.E

[@jtmiv93]

Nice!

[@yvind1465]

Nok en bra video :D Finner mye inspirasjon i videoen dine og ditt pågangsmot.

[@FarmerE]

Takk for det, Øyvind! Superhyggelig!

[@virgilchristopherson3626]

very great Video, My Dad raised Mallard duck, and when my brother and I were young we raised ducks, and sold them to Polish friends, in Pulaski WI. they would make there blood soup from the duck blood, with the money we got we bought our first guitar, and to this day we still play guitar, I'm 71. Keep up the excellent videos ! Have a great week.

[@FarmerE]

What a great story, Virgil! You don´t seem like a day over 40! Thank you, the same to you!

[@BilmaTena]

Wow que lindos! Espero que a mi me salgan algunos runners!

[@JosephValentinetti]

Very nice.

[@jamiemink3379]

Haha, good stuff! Always a hoot to watch!

[@FarmerE]

Thanks, Jamie!!

[@international833jallamekk7]

De er veldig kule

[@FarmerE]

Ja, de er gøye, ass!!

[@justasheep452]

He advertised the shit our that logo at the end...tight good job love the ducks

[@FarmerE]

Thank you!

[@StanWatt.]

Love your videos lol - do the buffalo overwinter well in Norway?

[@FarmerE]

Thanks, Stan! Yeah, they’re outside even in -30C

[@vickey1814]

Informative ❤️

[@2cwaves432]

We could not pick out Roger he must big now

[@FarmerE]

Yeah! I can hardly tell him apart anymore! And he´s become a Rogina....So he´s a she!

[@andreasrang5031]

Hope you make videos where you push snow in winter!

[@FarmerE]

I don’t have any equipment for that yet, i just take a few laps with the tractor, compressing the snow and hope for spring to come fast!!

[@andreasrang5031]

Sound nice to me! Maybe eventually you’ll need a shovle anyway? Who knows

[@FarmerE]

I’ll get something, for sure! I just have prioritized other equipment that i need more, now in the beginning. A snowblower would be nice, though!

[@andreasrang5031]

Yeah, i have a Valmet 705 turbo and when the winter comes i use the snow blower, really efficient!

[@FarmerE]

Nice! That ought ot get the job done!

[@FriisErik]

Artige skapninger de endene! Smaker eggene likt som vanlige hønseegg? :)

[@FarmerE]

Det kan vel sies å være en liten forskjell i smak, det skal vi gå mer i dybden på når de begynner å legge! Test og sammenligning og hele greia!

[@chrisdolin1859]

I like the SF Giants hat....! 👍

[@FarmerE]

Go Giants!!

[@itseboy6329]

Du er kul som holler på. Har du en job ved siden av???

[@FarmerE]

Takk for det! Ja, 100% utenom!

[@s.maskin5772]

Kan du kjøre/ starte forden på en video?

[@FarmerE]

Clutchen er ødelagt, så den har stått der ett år nå!

[@johangauterud8629]

Bra video

[@FarmerE]

Takk for det, Johan!

[@user-rf7cw1eg4e]

Для убийств и продажи кормишь...😭😭😭

[@20NewJourney23]

Murder is to cause intentional death of a human being. Where did you get that from in this video?

[@bradleypierce1561]

fer·ti·lize /ˈfərdlˌīz/ Learn to pronounce verb past tense: fertilized; past participle: fertilized cause (an egg, female animal, or plant) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material. It’s always fascinating to me how English became the global language. Cheers!