Cayuga egg color??

[redhen]

What does it mean? Does the egg color tell you if they are pure breeds? even in black/blue Cayugas?

 

[Webfoot]

It doesn't mean anything, except that the first few eggs of the season are usually (but not always) darker than subsequent eggs. I have two blues in my flock. One lays a white egg, and the other lays a blue one that is identical to the ones laid by the two black ducks in the same pen. Here is a sample of eggs laid in one day by my Cayuga flock:

 

[Heather J]

I don't have any mixed cayugas yet (well, none laying, I just hatched my first batch, they're adorable!). My pure female (the only Cayuga I have, so all the babies are mutts) lays the grey/green eggs only. I'm curious to see what color the babies will lay, especially if I end up with two from different dads.

 

[Feathered Wings]

WOW!

I have some Teenage Cayuga's and i hope their eggs look like those.

(My Favorite color is Green)

 

[redhen]

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Thanks! Those are beautiful!!!

 

[mberry222]

Does it matter what time of year it is? Will the color of the eggs for a paticular cayuga change? I thought I had read this somewhere.