I ordered some Cayuga duck hatching eggs about 2 months ago from Nate Vanwey of Shamrock Farm WI. They are 100% Dempsey pure Cayuga ducklings. All the pictures of his birds online are absolutely gorgeous. Got 18 eggs, 5 hatched. All from his C3 breeding pen. The eggs from the other pens never really developed, about 3 tried and quit by day 10. No blame there, it happens. 6 eggs from C3 developed into the late stages. One quit around day 25.
For some reason one of mine came out with a large white bib, three have yellow eye stripes, one has a yellow dot on its nose. They just turned 4 weeks old. I'll attach a picture of the one with the most white/yellow on it. You can see the type of eye stripes they have on that one as well. They have been turning all black except one that is still losing the yellow dot over her nose and this guy.
None of his Cayuga ducks in pictures have white, and a breeder from another site said they can't be pure and have a large white bib like this. Nate hasn't answered the two messages I've sent since the eggs arrived. One to say I got them and ask a question. Another to say which ones hatched and how many with a picture of the duckling with the most white. Not sure if something is going on with him. I'm just kind of sitting here really confused.
Curious about if other people bought cayuga hatching eggs or ducklings from him. Any hatch details? What pens if you got them this year? Did they also have yellow eye stripes, white chest, a yellow dot over the nose? If so, how do they look now and how old are they? Pictures from hatch to adulthood are all appreciated.
Added a picture of his breeding set up.
For some reason one of mine came out with a large white bib, three have yellow eye stripes, one has a yellow dot on its nose. They just turned 4 weeks old. I'll attach a picture of the one with the most white/yellow on it. You can see the type of eye stripes they have on that one as well. They have been turning all black except one that is still losing the yellow dot over her nose and this guy.
None of his Cayuga ducks in pictures have white, and a breeder from another site said they can't be pure and have a large white bib like this. Nate hasn't answered the two messages I've sent since the eggs arrived. One to say I got them and ask a question. Another to say which ones hatched and how many with a picture of the duckling with the most white. Not sure if something is going on with him. I'm just kind of sitting here really confused.
Curious about if other people bought cayuga hatching eggs or ducklings from him. Any hatch details? What pens if you got them this year? Did they also have yellow eye stripes, white chest, a yellow dot over the nose? If so, how do they look now and how old are they? Pictures from hatch to adulthood are all appreciated.
Added a picture of his breeding set up.
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