It's my snowy mallard times black Swedish cross when she was a baby. Her name is Poppy. Here are two pictures of her and her bestie Ginny who is a crested grey mallard times black Swedish cross. Poppy is on the right in both pictures.
On the Metzer Farms website, it states that as cayugas get older they do continually replace black with white feathers. And once they reach a certain age they will go completely white.
Aww! My hen, Hedwig, is about 5-5 and a half months old.
Gabby is very pretty, but I think she is a blue runner not a Blue Swedish. Here are some pictures of Luna my blue runner hen and on the bottom my Blue Swedish hen, Rowena. Hope you find this helpful.
You're welcome. I don't think she's a mix, some cayugas have a little bit of white on their chest and some don't. It just depends on the bird, and whatever she is, all I can say is she's cute! :lol:
I think you're right. Yes, my cayuga hen is in the picture to the left of my Black Swedish hen, the other black one on the right is my black runner hen. Here are some pictures of Pansy, my cayuga hen so you can compare.
My two females are almost three months, but not old enough to go broody, so I'm not sure if they would be considered good moms. Here are some pictures of my blue and black swedish females.