I have Cayuga and they don't fly. They are fun to watch in the pond - they like to zoom in the water and dive. It is in the 30s and they refused to get off the pond and go into their pen. The pond will freeze over in about a week and they will be stuck with a large kiddy pool with a heater! I am...
I'm in the Ankeny area and raise Ancona and Cayuga ducks. They are all hatched naturally and are a close and loving flock. I have been raising ducks since 2021.
We started with 1 duck that my children didn't want (Sara Jane). She was lonely so we added 4 more Ancona ducklings - When they grew up, 2 were female and 2 were males. After 4 years we had about 90 ducks - even though we were collecting the eggs for food. I found someone to nurture most of our...
Did you ever get an answer? Mine is a young cayuga female with her baby feathers but she just started to be able to quack instead of peep. We had a year old chocolate Ancona female go blind. Unfortunately I didn't get her isolated in time to protect the younger one. They are isolated together...