East Indie Duck or Cayuga?

[katuswilsonii]

Hey everyone! So a few weeks back I got a Call Duck duckling (hatched May 17). Just the one but I didn’t want it to be lonely so I started looking for another duckling quickly. I was after something with Cayuga coloring so when the man who hatched this duckling (~May 19) told me it was basically just a miniature Cayuga I was like whatever that’s cool, shut up and take my money. I had never heard of an East Indie Duck before but I was kinda of excited because a second miniature duck would make things less giant for the Call Duck considering my other two ducks are Pekin and Rouen hens. Now a few weeks in, I am starting to suspect this is just a regular Cayuga. I don’t really care because I just wanted an iridescent green/black duck, but I wanted to see what y’all think anyway! The outside pictures were just taken this morning. The Call is nearly fully feathered save for the head and flight feathers. The East Indie/Cayuga has a bit more remaining down on the neck and back still but is also supposedly two days younger than the Call. Thoughts?

Either way I am hoping for drakes because I don’t really eat eggs much

 

[katuswilsonii]

Final verdict! This duck is definitely a lot smaller than the Buff Duck and Rouen Duck! Bigger than the calls but not by much. So East Indie Duck it is!

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Looks like Cayuga to me. Your ducks are so pretty!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

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Here are The Bigs, Maggie and Gypsy.

It seems strange that the guy would deliberately tell me it was an East Indie Duck when it really wasn’t, because well first of all, I asked him if he had any Cayuga ducklings available so what point would there be to lie to me about it. Also, their eggs are pretty substantially different sizes and he said he and his wife had tried to hatch about two dozen East Indie Duck eggs and only this one hatched. They were Filipino and had so many eggs and incubators I’m pretty sure they are supplying Balut to a restaurant or something. To each their own.

They are pretty

 

[Miss Lydia]

Looks like Cayuga to me. Your ducks are so pretty!

X2!! beautiful ducks.

 

[Orca5094]

Yep, looks just like my Cayugas.

 

[katuswilsonii]

I don’t know if I mentioned it before, but he also said it hatched from a small light blue egg. He showed me the eggs their about ¾ the size if not a little smaller than my duck’s eggs.

Several weeks later, this duck is still significantly smaller than my other ducks were at this age. Fully feathered. Very quiet and shy, definitely a follower. Bigger than the Call Duck but honestly not by much compared to the big ducks.

 

[katuswilsonii]

The ducklings are ten weeks old today (Call Duck) and tomorrow (EID/Cayuga)

 

[ColtHandorf]

I was going to say it looks like an East Indie. They are bigger than Calls but much smaller than other larger ducks. He's a cutie.

 

[katuswilsonii]

Still medium sized, my little Goldilocks bird!