Duck Breed Focus - Cayuga

[cayugaducklady]

It was so fun watching him speed through the pool so quickly! Not sure if that's a breed thing, though. I love the coloring and gleem most especially.
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He's gorgeous

I call those the pool zoomies. All my ducks do it and usually splash most of the water out. My biggest duck started doing that as a duckling in her first swims. She would get the bathtub zoomies above and under water and sometimes she'd pop up right underneath one of her brood mates. The others started doing it as they got older.

 

[21hens-incharge]

This has long been a favorite breed for me. I plan to add ducks when I process the chickens in the spring. Hubby will not approve but whatever I am the one taking care of them anyway.

Mine that I had years and years ago stayed full black and were still black at 5 years of age. The hen was a good mother too.

 

[HeritageGoose13]

Mine that I had years and years ago stayed full black and were still black at 5 years of age. The hen was a good mother too.

Sounds like you had good stock. Where did you get them from? A breeder?

 

[21hens-incharge]

I actually had gotten them from a small co-op that had some farm stuff and housed the business that we got propane from. Long time ago to be certain. It will be a crap shoot this next time.

 

[MandyJ]

I am thinking of adding cayugas to my flock of 2 pekin hens. Do they do ok with Pekins? They appear to be a little smaller. But the color! Wow!!! We have a hatchery fairly close by that has them. They are gorgeous!

 

[cayugaducklady]

I only have cayugas in my flock . We have some experienced keepers with mixed flocks that contain cayugas and/or pekins. I'm sure some one can provide feedback.

 

[MyMonsters91]

I am thinking of adding cayugas to my flock of 2 pekin hens. Do they do ok with Pekins? They appear to be a little smaller. But the color! Wow!!! We have a hatchery fairly close by that has them. They are gorgeous!

I have a mix of 4 different drakes- my Cayuga, a Saxony, mallard and crested pekin. They all get along just fine. There's a bit of a feud between my mallard and my Saxony (the itty Mallard being the instigator, not the huge Saxony) but even between those two there's never any fighting beyond a little neck pulling that never leaves bold spots or sores. The other 2 stay out of it and they all stick together like peas in a pod.



As far as size difference, I find them to be pretty even. The Cayuga stands taller then my Pekin, and looks bigger for it, but my Pekin tends to look a bit more beefy for all his forward stance while my Pekin looks more slim from pulling his weight up.

 

[MandyJ]

Thanks for the input. I just love the Cayuga!

 

[FaerieGlynne]

Any body have any suggestions of where I can get sexed Cayuga ducklings nearish to Portland? I can't get them shipped to me and Holderread is cutting them this spring. I want 1-2 of them in spring along with couple other breeds. I'll most likely be getting the rest at Holderread unless I find somewhere else that I can get cayugas and other breeds

 

[Tevyes Dad]

Any body have any suggestions of where I can get sexed Cayuga ducklings nearish to Portland? I can't get them shipped to me and Holderread is cutting them this spring. I want 1-2 of them in spring along with couple other breeds. I'll most likely be getting the rest at Holderread unless I find somewhere else that I can get cayugas and other breeds

I know you said you had some issues with shipping but didn't say what, Metzer has all the breeds you were looking at and they sex their birds and 6 will cost the same as 2 (they will ship as few as 2 but because there is a minimum order amount, 2-6 costs the same). I got all my birds except for the first two (who I got semi-locally) from Metzer and they were all healthy. Metzer is in CA so they don't have to travel too far to get there. I have 4 runners (black, blue, chocolate, fawn & white), 2 Swedish(black, blue), 1 WH, 1 Cayuga, 1 White Crested and 1 Rouen all from Metzer - in the spring I will be ordering a Buff, a Pekin and a Khaki Campbell from them all birds I have gotten from them and will get were/will be sexed.