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HISTORY: These were introduced from Malaya by various ships Captains and were found in the Cumberland and the Dumfries area.Though references point to Malaysia and the East Indies, the Indian Runner was originally brought to England from India by a seacaptain to Whitehaven and presented to some friends in West Cumberland some time around the 1840s. The same gentleman imported a few more some years later. Henry Digby imported a few more birds in 1898. In Races of Domestic Poultry published originally around 1906, Edward Brown theorises that 'it is probable that the present-day Runner ducks are either directly or indirectly descended. Some early books also refer to them as Penguin ducks but the engravings are of somewhat chunkier birds . They were such good layers that by 1896 there was a special Indian Runner class in the Dumfries Show and the standard was recognized in 1907 when the Fawn and White was noted. By 1913 the Fawn followed and in 1926 the Black and the Chocolate. Cumberland Blue were also mentioned in various literature. Many early Asian travel books mention upright stanced ducks often kept on latticed bamboo over the Carp ponds as their cylindrical posture lent itself to an early form of Factory farming / Food Cycle; this is also shown in Chinese artwork . Three hundred egg Indian Runner ducks were described and illustrated in the poultry press of 1912 to 14, but the 200 egg is more common now with 100 being the least laisd compared with a good laying chicken of 150 per annum.
Appleyard Runners.......work in progress
Black Runners.note splashed colour of older females
Blue Runners..note splashed colour of older females
Chocolate Runners..note will splash in older females
Fawn Runners
Streicher Indian Runners ie Abacot Ranger / Streicher Coloured
Utility ie non pure Indian Runners .... main points lack of height/ stance and dished bill
INDIAN
RUNNER;........Breed
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Indian Runners
