Cayuga ducks first eggs

[member 104844]

My March 20 duck just laid her first egg it’s not black, though. Also not fertile because my drake is 2 months younger and doesn’t know what to do.

 

[member 104844]

My March 20 duck just laid her first egg it’s not black, though. Also not fertile because my drake is 2 months younger and doesn’t know what to do.

Found a black egg today! It’s possible my May hatch duck laid it as her first, but I can’t be sure…my two ducks and even turkey lay eggs in the same place I’ve recently begun leaving the eggs to see if they’ll go broody since I’ve seen successful mating by the drake.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sure looks like a Cayuga egg, I have never seen a chicken or turkey egg that color. Congrats!!

 

[member 104844]

In the nest pic above you can see two speckly eggs (turkey not duck). I’ll rotate those out as duck keeps adding. I think a turkey hen could raise ducklings, but duck mama would equal drowned poults
Cayuga egg #2 today on the right:

 

[Miss Lydia]

Wow, so turkey eggs are blk? I did not know this, and Cayuga egg is the other one. I was under the impression Cayuga laid close to blk and they got lighter as they kept laying?

 

[Stipenvlerk]

Wow, so turkey eggs are blk? I did not know this, and Cayuga egg is the other one. I was under the impression Cayuga laid close to blk and they got lighter as they kept laying?

My cayuga's start off with a black egg each time. and go to a greenish colour after. I tried to find the picture in my phone.. no luck yet...

 

[member 104844]

Wow, so turkey eggs are blk? I did not know this, and Cayuga egg is the other one. I was under the impression Cayuga laid close to blk and they got lighter as they kept laying?

No, the dark ones are Cayuga duck. In the nest pic above you can see my other Cayuga’s eggs and two turkey eggs (speckly) that my hen snuck in the duck nest Mixed flocks are fun, I’m not sure what will happen once my geese start laying!

 

[Launchpad]

My cayuga's start off with a black egg each time. and go to a greenish colour after. I tried to find the picture in my phone.. no luck yet...

Same
Her last egg was much lighter in color (not quite green) but still dark blotches
But now she hasn't laid for weeks so I'm expecting her next egg to be very dark when she starts again

 

[Stipenvlerk]

Same
Her last egg was much lighter in color (not quite green) but still dark blotches
But now she hasn't laid for weeks so I'm expecting her next egg to be very dark when she starts again

Most of the time it is very black again! Darkness varies between individuals .
Mine are not laying at the moment...

 

[Stipenvlerk]

found last years first eggs!