cayuga duck thread

[buff goose guy]

Yes I love cayugas but they are definitely not small and are easily killed


I recommend Muscovys , yes they can fly but not that much to fly off , they are quiet hardy and great at raising their own young and other young ( some of mine adopted American buff goslings ) they too are quiet and great do anyone wanting to get some expierence in before entering the duck world )


They fly just enough to get away from predators . And have great temperament

 

[Serenity Lane]

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Yes I love cayugas but they are definitely not small and are easily killed


I recommend Muscovys , yes they can fly but not that much to fly off , they are quiet hardy and great at raising their own young and other young ( some of mine adopted American buff goslings ) they too are quiet and great do anyone wanting to get some expierence in before entering the duck world )


They fly just enough to get away from predators . And have great temperament

Thanks for your reply! I will check into those.

 

[buff goose guy]

Great

 

[Kelsykin]

Hi Everyone! I have never had ducks before but am considering it. After much research online, I'm thinking I want to get Cayugas. The positives (that I've read about) are that they are small, pretty, relatively quiet, decent layers, can be friendly and don't fly. Plus I think the black eggs are pretty cool!
I have chickens. Well, chicks. I lost all of my chickens to the fox :-( so I'm starting a new flock and figured it would be a good time to add ducks into the mix. I was thinking 3 hens and 1 drake.
Does anyone have any advice?

Duck math is like chicken math...... I have Rouens, Pekins and Cayugas. in a brooder and indoors they can be a mess. Outdoors they are easier to manage. The Cayuga ducklings will be moving this weekend to the brooder in the garage with the Turkey poults. I also have 2 bantam chickens that need to go out with the Welsummers.....

 

[PeepnQuack12]

So we have 7 ducks, 2 pekin hens, 1 Rouen hen, 1 Rouen drake, 1 Cayuga unknown, 1 blue runner hen, 1 blue Swedish unknown. We think the blue Swedish is female and the Cayuga is a drake. The thing is our pekins and rouens are already an established flock, so the 3 new babies won't be going in with the old guys. I would like to get a a silver WH pair, is it okay to have a WH drake, a Cayuga drake and a Rouen drake all living together with 6 hens?? Is that an OK number to have and you think they'll all be alright?? They will be free ranging A LOT. so do you think those numbers will be fine?? There's still always a chance my Cayuga might be a hen.

 

[buff goose guy]

There fine they usually get along great if they're in the same flock but if new males come in the flocks will separate and hens divided .

 

[PeepnQuack12]

We are planning on building another coop and have 2 flocks.

1st. Flock - 2pekin females 1 Rouen hen 1 Rouen drake

2nd. Flock - 1 blue runner hen 1 blue Swedish hen 1 Cayuga prob drake 1 WH hen and 1 WH drake.

Do you think that'll be fine??

 

[buff goose guy]

Yeah just raise the boys together

 

[PeepnQuack12]

The other option for us is wait till next spring and just get a single WH hen. And try to integrate her into flock #2

 

[buff goose guy]

It's better to raise a duckling with at least another duckling so they know how to socially interact and then they are easier to intergrate into a flock .