Cayuga

they are beautiful and i would love to have two hen and a durk

I got mine from Dunlaps hatchery.  They are good foragers, and decent layers.  A hen from last year went broody and hatched three chicks.  I now have a Cayuga drake over a khaki campbell, and two buff hens for sex linked ducklings.  The ducklets are have charcoal down and the draklets have brown or blond depending on the mother.  I would really like to get some from Holderreads stock as I am not very happy with the Dunlaps quality and hardiness.

Not really good pets.

We are so in love with our Cayugas!  We ended up with only one female and 4 males due to an unfortunate roll of the dice.  We hadn't expected to have any meat birds, but we may consider it for at least one of the boys.  Moon, our girl is an excellent layer - almost every day!  She is the smallest of the 9 ducks we have (includes 4 Blue Swedish), but she is by far the most independent and probably the supreme leader of the pack... where Moon goes, the rest will follow.  She is always the first to find trouble and has an uncanny ability to find springs in our yard - actual running water springs in what is left of our yard.  I think maybe we'll just get more girls instead of getting rid of some of the boys.  I grew up on Cayuga Lake in NY and had never heard of these beauties.  We will be lifelong fans!

i just love my cayugas! (notice my username...) it took a while to build up their trust, but now, they will get in my lap and let me pet them. one of them is learning her name, Midnight, and she is very smart. their eggs are bigger and taste richer than chicken eggs, and they won't eat your earrings like some other chickens and ducks do. i don't mind the mess they make, but, they just can't leave the mud puddles alone!

they were about 10 dollars each.

My cayuga girl is so sweet and funny. She is short and fat waddles around ruling my duckyard. She is hatchery quality so not a lot of irridescent feathers, but she is still very pretty and my softest duck. Will tolerate me petting and holding her. She likes chasing flying bugs all across the yard.

  theyare such i cool breed i wan tone SO bad

-------------duckyhomie12

Only had him for a little bit but he is a good boy, I cant wait to get him some girls. Verry friendly

I have a Cayuga drake. He's the sweetest little thing ever! He's very social and loves attention and like all ducks (that I know of) loves water! He's fun and energetic! If I were to suggest a duck breed for a pet it would be the Cayuga! (:

I love my Cayuga ducks.  They are not real noisy except I think the Mallard hen taught them to talk more than their parents did.  I have two hens and get an egg from each of them every day.  They eat the bugs so our yard has less japanese beetles than our neighbors.  I have two hens right now and one lays a beautiful black egg while the other's started out black and is now a gray color.  They are rich in flavor and I have many people wanting them.  They were hatched out by a golden-laced wyandotte and then adopted by a Mallard hen when it came time to swim.  They are alot of fun to watch.  They love the snow and we have a big horse feeder which we use for their pool.  They love to have hot water poured in their pool that was frozen so they have a hot tub in the winter.  They are a very hardy breed that loves to be spoiled but are not picky about their home as long as they have fresh water, fresh food and a place to go in bad weather and lay their eggs.  As long as the water is outside of their nesting/duck house, the house stays clean.