Help! Weird egg!

[Jayellebee]

So the black is just the bloom? white underneath?

Yes

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I also have Cayuga ducks, and I can verify that the black can be washed off.
That's why I assume that Cayuga eggs get lighter over time, less pigment in the bloom the more they lay.

 

[Cayuga momma]

I also have Cayuga ducks, and I can verify that the black can be washed off.
That's why I assume that Cayuga eggs get lighter over time, less pigment in the bloom the more they lay.

Yep that's exactly right. The first egg of every laying season should be darker. The bloom is what's dark and will wash off. As the season goes along the eggs should lighten in color. Also if a Cayuga isn't a purebred the eggs will be closer to a white.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Will black runners lay back eggs too?

 

[Jayellebee]

Thank you guys!!

 

[Cayuga momma]

Will black runners lay back eggs too?

I believe they do, but I don't have runners so I can't say for 100% that they will.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My Black Runners lay blue eggs

 

[CayugaJana]

Black runners have the possibility to lay black eggs.

 

[CayugaJana]

What I call miniature cayugas (east indies) also lay black eggs.

 

[MagpieDucks]

My Black Runners lay blue eggs

This is what I was thinking.