we have baby cayugas! (picture)

[ntiveheart]

many thanks to aubrey at boggy bottom bantams for the wonderful eggs! can there be anything more appealing than a newly hatched duck lol

 

[poultrykeeper08]

Aww nothing like newly hatched ducklings . Are they all Cyuga ?

 

[RavenStorm]

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LOTS and LOTS of newly hatched ducklings!

 

[cluckychick]

Oh my gosh those area adorable and I am so getting some of those.


<Note to self> add cayugas to want list

 

[ntiveheart]

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yes...all cayuga-blues and blacks. blue is a new color to me......but they're beautiful lil guys!

aubrey at boggy bottom bantams is a member here. i can totally recommend them!

 

[rlhbond]

Can I ask what your hatch rate was?

 

[ntiveheart]

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8 out of 12.
1 dropped before it got to the bator
2 early embryo death
1 died after pipping
8 beautiful healthy babies

not too shabby for shipped eggs. i couldn't be happier

 

[rlhbond]

Thanks for the info. That's a pretty good rate. They are really cute.

 

[MilkMaid]

I did not know there were blue cayugas. How neat. Those ducks look just like my swedish ducklings. My cayugas were all black with no yellow. I also had blue, black and silver swedish, and those all had the yellow on the chest as ducklings.