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It varies from individual to individual. My Cayugas are from top exhibition lines, and they vary from grayish, to bluish to white. Only the first few eggs of the year that a bird lays will be black or close to it. Some always lay white eggs. Webfoot.

As of 10/3/09 we have the following available: 5 Buff ducks 3 Welsh Harlequin drakes 8 Black Cayuga ducks 10 Black Cayuga drakes Thanks to everyone who inquired about the Great Pyrenees. She and a bunch of her ducks went to their new home today. Webfoot...

Thanks, Bob!

I'd like to exhibit at this show, but I'm not on their mailing list. Does anyone here have the name and address of the show secretary? Thanks Webfoot

A few here and there, but they're mostly seasonal layers. Check with me in a few months. There are pictures of my birds and their show record on my website. Webfoot

Nice purebred ducks, starting to lay and ready to go! Welsh Harlequins: 2 drakes and 3 ducks available Buff ducks: 1 drake and 3 ducks Black Cayugas: 3 drakes and 4 ducks Blue Cayugas: 1 drake and 2 ducks (selling as a trio) Black Cayugas are $40 per trio, all others are $30 per trio...

It may just be that her plumage is old and she has a molt coming up. They can get pretty faded. But, I haven't seen her, so it's hard to tell. Webfoot

I bred a gold duck to a gold-carrying silver drake this year and got 100% silvers. Webfoot

In its natural form, laying is a seasonal thing. A bird lays only a clutch of eggs, incubates them, and raises the young. There's no reason to keep laying. Most domesticated breeds have been selectively bred to continue laying long past when they would have stopped in the wild. Laying takes...

My blue cayugas have lacing in their new plumage. It fades over time. Webfoot

Ducks have somewhat delicate legs compared to other domestic fowl, and it's common for them to tweak them in their daily running-around. When I first got ducks I worried over every limp, inspected legs and feet, and fussed over them. But eventually I got over it. I've owned hundreds of ducks...

Quote: It'll happen soon. So far, only my earliest (March 2) drake has gone completely green. The rest still have that teenager look. Webfoot

That sheds some light on my experiences trying to breed Golds this year. I had one Gold female, and I bred her and some of her Silver sisters back to their Silver sire (since he had to carry Gold) hoping to increase the frequency of Gold in my flock. I got 100% Silvers. This tells me that...

I see Runner influence in the shape of their heads and the length of their necks and bodies. Even show quality Runners don't stand up perfectly straight all the time. Commercial runners don't have the extreme shape of an exhibition runner, but in my experience they're better layers and have...

Ducks don't get external parasites nearly as often as chickens because they bathe so much. But they can still get them. Webfoot