Indian Runner duck the Pekin duck. As soon as the Indian Runners became fashionable, a demand for egg-layers and general purpose breeds developed. Using Runners crossed to Rouens, Aylesburys and Cayugas (the large black American breed), William Cook produced his famous Orpington Ducks. Mrs Campbell crossed her fawn-and-white Runner duck to a Rouen drake to create the Campbell ducks introduced in 1898. Later, she introduced wild mallard blood and managed to create the most prolific egg-layer, the Khaki Campbell (announced in 1901). Other breeds followed, some of which emerged as direct mutations of the Khaki Campbell, along with crosses back to Indian Runners,
Métropole Rouen Normandie Métropole Rouen Normandie Métropole Rouen Normandie is the "métropole", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Rouen. It is located in the Seine-Maritime department, in the Normandy region, north-western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous "Communauté d'agglomération Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe". Its population was 499,570 in 2014, of which 113,313 in Rouen proper. The "Agglomeration community of Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe" (French: "Communauté d'agglomération Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe") was created in 2010. On January 1, 2015, the Metropolis replaced the agglomeration community in accordance with a law of January 2014. The goal of the Métropole is to build a better metropolitan area by synchronizing