Black duckling

Cayuga. They are beautiful. My favorite ducks to look at. I don't quite have the time to upload my cayuga drake for you, but looking up a few images online shouldn't be too hard.

Could also possibly be black East Indies (basically a miniature Cayuga).

If you got them at the feed store they are likely runners.  I got 2 black ducklings from Orscheln with the hope that they were Cayuga ducklings.  They are now nearly 2 weekso old and are clearly runner ducklings. 

 

Here is a pic of them when we brought them home. 

 

 

Here is Squeak at probably 4 days old.  Pip does not have the yellow on his chest and this is starting to disappear a little in squeak.

 

 

Here they are outside at 1 week old. 

 

 

 

They will be 2 weeks old on Monday and are clearly runner ducklings.  It has been sort of chilly here and I haven't had a chance to get them outside much or take pictures of them lately but they are definitely runner ducklings.  I wanted cayugas but am fine with them being runners.  We already have one that is 3 weeks older then him.  I think the only way to know for sure is to wait and see what they look like in a few weeks.  Either way they will be tons of fun. 

 

 

Actually they aren't clearly runners. I'm 90% sure they are Cayuga's I have never seen a runner at at feed store (at least around here) but those look just like my Cayuga's.

Really?!?!  You mean there is still hope that my ducklings are Cayugas?  I had pretty much lost hope that they were anything but runners.  At first I posted pictures and everyone said they were cayugas but they have started looking more and more like my runner.  On the website that Orscheln orders from they list cayugas as a rare breed and I assumed that wouldn't be something they would put in with the assortment ducklings they send to feed stores.  I will try to post some pictures of them in the next few days.  Maybe we will get them out this afternoon and I can take their picture.  I would really like to have some cayugas.  We have 2 Pekins, and a fawn and white runner right now so something with some color would be great.  Cayugas are SO pretty!  Let me know what you think after I post those pictures. Do you have any picctures of your cayugas at about 3-4 weeks old?

 

Jknigge, those are not Runners and the one with the white bib is Swedish, or mostly Swedish.

http://badduckpun.blogspot.com/2011/05/cheyennes-weekly-growth-comparison.html

And four weeks: http://badduckpun.blogspot.com/2011/05/cheyennes-weekly-growth-comparison-four.html
Edited by MamaDuck1 - 4/8/12 at 5:11pm

OK I got outside with the ducks today.  Finally warm weather again!  They are now 2 weeks old.

 

 

 

 

 

Grampies-Sorry to hijack your post.  Maybe all the conversation about these little guys will help you determine what yours are.  Either way I am sure you are in love with them already.

I'll have to dig around and see. They are about 4 weeks right now. Cayuga's are actually frequently included in the assorted ducks here. I'll try to get pics of them later, cause I gotta get some pics of my RIR roos.