Duck Egg Colors...Your Input Needed

[Muggsmagee]

I got my first order of ducks yesterday (McMurray hatchery) and wanted to share! Rouen, Cayuga, Chocolate/White Fawn/Black Runners, Golden Hybrid, and Buff. I have another order coming in April (Holderread's) for Saxony and Welsh Harlequin.

I also wanted to thank everyone for their advice and input on this thread.

All of it was appreciated.

Very first swim. They took like ducks....errr...to water!

Bonded instantly to my 1 week old Ameraucana chicks.

 

[BeccaOH]

Did anyone mention that Dutch Hookbills lay a blue tinted egg? I get bluish eggs from a couple of my runners too.

I've been selling my duck eggs for eating at only $3 per dozen. It is way cheap, but I hate to raise the prize on my two loyal customers.

 

[AdamD77]

At least one (possibly two) of my runners has just started laying white eggs for the past 4 days. The females are all pretty light coloured, but I do have one blue who may lay blue eggs, we'll have to wait and see

 

[aineheartsyou]

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you could still raise your price but give them a special for being such loyal customers

 

[Duck_feeder]

black runners can lay black eggs also.

One of our black runners lays light blue eggs with a dark waxy cuticle on it. You can only see the blue if you scrub the eggs. The first few eggs are very dark and eventually the end up a light to medium gray.
Our other black runner lays white eggs that are occasionally slightly gray.

 

[Muggsmagee]

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That is really cool!

 

[clucking cuties]

I am really glad that someone started this thread. I found an orange duck egg (for Halloween I'm sure) and I can't figure out who laid it. I have Giant Pekings, Black Cayuga, Blue Swedish, Rouen, and Khaki Campbell girls in a pen. The black egg is of course from a Black Cayuga, but I can't figure out who could have laid that lovely orange egg???

 

[cppeace]

I have Black Swedes and Rouen ducks, My Rouens lay off white to cream color and the Swedes lay light to dark grey and occasionally whitish.