I thought this was a Pekin but could be a white mallard?

[Tavia Rose]

Will do!! You too.

I sure will!

 

[apricotvalleywf]

Is there any way to encourage the egg shell color? I have a Cayuga and I would love to have a black egg but she lays white- at first they were greenish but they weren’t very pretty (I want to drain one and keep it).

You would have to find another bird that already lays another dark egg. Depending on their age, they can have very dark eggs in the first year. Our Ancona ducks are in the extended black family (same as your cayuga) and some lay very dark ashy eggs and some lay white or light/dark green. Certainly mating one darker egg duck with another will eventually lead to some dark eggs in the extended black family.

 

[CarleeAnn]

You would have to find another bird that already lays another dark egg. Depending on their age, they can have very dark eggs in the first year. Our Ancona ducks are in the extended black family (same as your cayuga) and some lay very dark ashy eggs and some lay white or light/dark green. Certainly mating one darker egg duck with another will eventually lead to some dark eggs in the extended black family.

Is it only in the first year that they will lay dark eggs?

 

[Tavia Rose]

Is it only in the first year that they will lay dark eggs?

You would have to find another bird that already lays another dark egg. Depending on their age, they can have very dark eggs in the first year. Our Ancona ducks are in the extended black family (same as your cayuga) and some lay very dark ashy eggs and some lay white or light/dark green. Certainly mating one darker egg duck with another will eventually lead to some dark eggs in the extended black family.

Found some science behind it too if you wanna read.
https://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/gms1-genetics-of-egg-color/

https://104homestead.com/science-creating-egg-color/ (this one is about breeding to change egg color)

 

[Tavia Rose]

I find that every time i post on BYC I get more learning lol..doesn't get any better than that.

 

[CarleeAnn]

I love learning! Thank you. Haha

 

[Tavia Rose]

I love learning! Thank you. Haha

Same. The more the better, I've found myself having to purge my brain from learning stuff that is just unnecessary LOL.

 

[chickens really]

Here Old timers call these smaller white Ducks that must be a cross?..Canadian meat Ducks.....Lol....I can not find any searches though...Pekin cross

 

[Tavia Rose]

Here Old timers call these smaller white Ducks that must be a cross?..Canadian meat Ducks.....Lol....I can not find any searches though...Pekin cross

Lol. Yea idk..

 

[chickens really]

Lol. Yea idk..

Anyways it's a Cute Duck....As long as you like it, that's all that really matters ....