Ducks

Ducks
There are many ducks at the Farm, some are pure breeds and others are cross-bred.
	Indian Runner ducks have a long neck and upright posture which was originally developed in Bali. This characteristic stance causes them to run rather than waddle. Runners come in many different feather colours and are very prolific egg layers, laying large blue eggs.
Silver Appleyard ducks were developed in England and are a heavy breed which lay large blue eggs. The ducks are silver-white and fawn in colour, and the drakes have a green head and neck and a white and fawn throat.
	Call ducks are a bantam duck breed. They are very noisy ducks, always quacking, and are also good flyers! Our pair are called Donald and Daisy.
Muscovy ducks are a large breed of duck which originate from a tree-climbing wild duck. This is dissimilar to all other domestic ducks which trace their ancestors back to Mallards. Our Muscoveys are called Mr. and Mrs.

These are some of our other ducks.
The Appleyard Duck family are one of the animals in our Animal Share scheme. Eggs from our ducks can be bought from the shop by visitors to the Farm, as can chicken eggs.