Tell me about your Cayuga ducks!

[Mamahen2104]

I've read they are seasonal layers like muscovy and their eggs look so neat! Tell me more about their temperament and egg production, pros and cons compared to other duckies, etc.

 

[floppysquirrel04]

They’re really big! They seem to be a little more skittish, but are beautiful to look at. Not huge producers, but not bad ones either.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

From all I've read, I took the plunge and brought some, which arrived today. Some say they lay like muscovies, some say abit better. So it may depend on their breeding. They are a good size but smaller then my pekins. They are stunning to look at. So for me they are going to be lawn ornaments. As well as providing the occasional egg. What purpose are you hoping to have them for? I have ducks for meat, ducks for eggs and gardening, ducks for pet and now the cayugas just to look pretty.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Beaglegal has a Cayuga and shared a pic of her egg yesterday.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/duck-breed-focus-cayuga.1037130/

 

[Beaglegal]

I have a male and female Cayuga. I thought my female was too old to lay because the 3 ducklings she hatched were Rouen mixes. She hasn’t laid since at least mid June of last year so it’s pretty dark

 

[Miss Lydia]

Pics please! of the happy couple!

 

[Beaglegal]

Ha ha alright @Miss Lydia as requested

This is the drake Big Daddy

 

[Beaglegal]

This is Mama Cayuga with Big Daddy. She likes to move so it’s hard to get a pic
You can see she has gone pretty white which is part of the reason I thought she wasn’t laying any more. But I don’t know how old she is

 

[Beaglegal]

 

[Beaglegal]

And this is the whole family, all the young hens are Rouen/Cayuga