- Oct 13, 2013
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I bought what I was told was a mating pair of Cayugas a couple of months ago. We have been getting one or two eggs most days apart from a three week break while one duck was molting.
For the last couple of weeks we have been down to only one egg a day, and sometimes none. Just thought she was having a rest, but it turns out, unbeknown to us, one of the ducks is sitting on a nest of 12 eggs hidden away. The question is, neither bird appears to have the drake tail feathers, but the smaller and darker of the two (the one on the nest) often mounts the other duck in the pool and appears to mate.
Is it likely we have lesbian Cayuga ducks? I thought the male had nothing to do with incubating the eggs, but the bird we thought was the drake is the one sitting.
Any clues anyone? Pretty sure the one with speckles is a female, but the other one doesn't seem to have curly tail feathers and s/he is smaller.
Thanks
For the last couple of weeks we have been down to only one egg a day, and sometimes none. Just thought she was having a rest, but it turns out, unbeknown to us, one of the ducks is sitting on a nest of 12 eggs hidden away. The question is, neither bird appears to have the drake tail feathers, but the smaller and darker of the two (the one on the nest) often mounts the other duck in the pool and appears to mate.
Is it likely we have lesbian Cayuga ducks? I thought the male had nothing to do with incubating the eggs, but the bird we thought was the drake is the one sitting.
Any clues anyone? Pretty sure the one with speckles is a female, but the other one doesn't seem to have curly tail feathers and s/he is smaller.
Thanks
