Is this still a cayuga duck? *update* post one

No a Cayuga would not have brown feathering like that.

Maybe a Khaki Campell? If they are hens, they will start quaking at about 6 weeks, drakes will have a raspier sound.

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Originally Posted by stone_family3 

Hmmm any idea what breed it may be? It was a TSC duck and I grabbed up the only all yellow and the only all black one they had.

The black ducklings from TSC are dark mallards. My store orders from cackle hatchery. I know a TSC manager that was in charge of Chick days here near me and we talked about it. Cackle seems  to have sent a non-typical mallard or two in each TSC order.We assume it was an easy way to get rid of them and the customer not careing that the babies are not spot on with the markings. Your duckling will be a Mallard just a little darker. The duckling will start out with the female mallard coloring but when it is around 6 weeks old IF it is a boy the greys will start to blend in , IF its a girl the browns will continue.

ETA: Although not all TSC order from Cackle I would assume the same practice is done at each hatchery. Its easier to give the odd balls to the bulk buyers suck as TSC than to sell the oddball to the general public and them complain their duckling looks different than what its suppose to. Know what I mean.

Here is a pic of some of my Mallards. The one up front is Jet, he is 6 weeks old. He started out as one of the TSC black mallards. We know he is a boy due to his whispy quack and grey feathers coming in on his rear. The duckling in the background on the right is another TSC black mallard. We believe it is a girl. She is 4 weeks old and has a defined "quack" and is slowly getting louder. She has no grey feathers coming in. The one in the rear left is a typical mallard, wit typical marking. She is also 4 weeks old.

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Originally Posted by stone_family3 

Ours said they got them from Mt. Healthy here in Ohio. Do you have a pic of the mallard as a 3ish week old baby? 

Yep - Here is Jet at 3 weeks old , he just started getting his brown feathers on his shoulders

Its hard to see the brown with him being wet