Cayuga (and maybe Peking cross?) ducklings.

[BackYard Sheena]

I knew a lady with "Cayuga" eggs in the incubator and she knew I was interested in more duckling so I was first for her to contact when they hatched. When they started hatching it was pretty evident it wasn't pure cayuga like she originally thought but she wasn't sure which of her males it crossed with. She was pretty sure it was a pekin but when I got there one of the babies was crested and the only crested male she had was a mallard.


I have one baby like this, which is pretty obviously a cross. It has tiny yellow lines you can't really see on the eyes, orange feet with black leggs and orange places on the bill.







Then I have 3 that look like these. I have seen that some cayuga's can have a little whiteish yellow on the chest that goes away when they get their feathers but is this too much for it to be a pure? I am thinking probably... if so does it probably have the same daddy as above or a different one?



Edit: I just realized after posting you can't see the feet for the 2nd. The bills and feet for the other 3 are all solid black.

 

[BackYard Sheena]

Updated picture. So anyone have any idea if the 3 nearly solid black could be pure or what they could be mixed with???

 

[SouthernPride]

Here are mine. Drake is Cayuga, hen is Black Swedish. There maybe a little rouen or mallard mixed up in one of them.

i also have 2 with "marbled" feet and yellow lines at the corners if their eyes.