Blue Cayuga?

[Duckie doodle]

I have heard of a blue cayuga and that they are extremely rare. I want to know more about them, what do they look like, color? Size? Any defects if and when breeding? Where did the blue color come from? Is it a mutation? Are they even legit? Pretty much anything about them would be helpful.

 

[learycow]

They are just like black cayugas but blue in color.
You have to remember typical blue breeding. Black to blue will produce black and blue. Blue to blue will produce black, blue and silver. Blue to silver will produce blue and silver. And silver to silver will produce all silvers.

I know a breeder in Mass as well as Dave Holderread on the other coast.
From my understanding Dave has worked on them for years and it started as a mutation where blue was a mutation of the black. All it takes is 1 and then you can continue breeding them.
There are also chocolate cayugas but they are much much more rare.

 

[Duckie doodle]

They are just like black cayugas but blue in color.
You have to remember typical blue breeding. Black to blue will produce black and blue. Blue to blue will produce black, blue and silver. Blue to silver will produce blue and silver. And silver to silver will produce all silvers.

I know a breeder in Mass as well as Dave Holderread on the other coast.
From my understanding Dave has worked on them for years and it started as a mutation where blue was a mutation of the black. All it takes is 1 and then you can continue breeding them.
There are also chocolate cayugas but they are much much more rare.

I have a breeder friend whom I get my cayugas from. She has 2 blue cayuga ducks, I will be getting one from her, and her two blue cayuga came from a black to black cayuga breeding. She told me the only person she knows lives out West Wisconsin I think she said. I wanted to know more about them before I go on impulse and purchase the blue cayuga.

 

[drumstick diva]

Love to see picture of a blue cayuga or chocolate one.

 

[Duckie doodle]

Well if you do end up getting one make sure to post pics! Are they a male of female BC?

Female, I'm planning on breeding her to my black cayuga. I will post pictures when I go to get her

 

[Duckie doodle]

Going to get the female tonight. I will post pictures of her either tonight or tomorrow

 

[Duckie doodle]

Here she is everyone. Her name is Lagoona. This is what a blue cayuga looks like. She has a double recessive gene so her feet splashed back to a wild mallard. The black and green feathers is normal it shows that she came from two cayuga.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She’s beautiful congrats!​

 

[quackiemama]

Oh wow she is stunning!

 

[Beaglegal]

Very pretty duck