Check out this duck egg............

[DuckLady]

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Here you go!

The producer, Marlys

 

[Sunny the Hippie Chick]

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Here you go!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/18_marlys_egg001.jpg

The producer, Marlys
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/351928141_8949254dfe.jpg

Wow she is so pretty and different.. Some one should make that cross a new breed.. I like the speckled and unusual...

 

[Wifezilla]

OMG how cool! (Cute duck too!)

 

[Ducklove334]

the eggs won't stay that black, they will go grey in a few days or so.

but they are pretty

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

Congrats on getting your first cayuga egg, 92caddy!
And I love all the different colors you have.

 

[92caddy]

No it wont stay that dark, but this hen her eggs stay dark longer then the others do.


When the hens reach about 4 or 5 year old, they start to get the white spots, the older they get, the more white they turn. The drakes should stay black, but I have a dark that has a couple of small white spots on him.

Terrie----------------thats a cool looking egg, I like it alot. Are you sure the duck isnt pure? She looks pure to me and I have one that lays eggs similar to yours and she is pure. They do turn white as they age, so you may have a pure one and think she is a mix with the pekin................

 

[DuckLady]

Ed, could be.
Marlys was a rescue I took in when I was working with the Duck Rescue Network. I am not sure of her age and I was told she was a cross. She is my pretty one no matter what!

 

[92caddy]

She is a brute, if you ask me. She just maybe a pure one. If she is pure, then she would have to be about 4 or so old, cause they start to get their white when they reach 4. I wouldnt think a cross would produce that color of an egg. Good luck with her, keep her safe..................

 

[shelleyd2008]

My cayuga's eggs look like that, but only cause she buries them in the mud!

 

[92caddy]

dont let the pig dig em up, pig will eat em