The Black Cayuga is a domestic duck raised in many home flocks for egg & meat production as well as pets.

If the black and splash homozygous forms are bred together, the offspring are all heterozygous and thus the desired blue color.

Each moulting period lasts about 6 to 8 weeks. If you have a number of ducks, you'll need to arrange a fenced, predator-proof nesting area so Mom can be alone while she is sitting on her eggs and rearing the ducklings. Can Ducks Lay More Than 1 Egg A Day? References

Depending on the stage of incubation, eggs weigh between 65 - 90 grams. Apr 20, 2009. Apr 20, 2009 #2 SunAngel Songster. (Cold, heat, or fewer daylight hours can effect egg production). If you allow her brood she will stop laying. Female ducks will start laying anywhere between 6-8 months old. Poor egg layers such as the mallard may lay as few as 60 eggs a year. This is the first year for mine to be laying, so I can't help you with when they stop.

Blue Swedish Ducks lay between 100 and 180 eggs per year.

Under the right conditions, most breeds of ducks can lay an egg every day or every other day. Thread starter #3 pirtykitty Songster. Her first year of life, my runner female laid about 100 eggs in total , with a few days break between 2 weeks of laying. While they are not used for exhibition, Black Swedish make great farm ducks. Thus only 50% of the offspring of a blue-blue mating are blue. They are combined with a Silver Swedish to produce Blue Swedish ducks which are prized for their unusual color. Black Swedish ducks are usually not exhibited. No, eggs only lay 1 egg during a 24 hour period. Ducks moult twice a year. May 20, 2008 2,639 8 193 Chambersburg, Pa. Most of the eggs are white, but occasional blue, green or grey tinted eggs are produced. The runner duck, the Cayuga, the blue Swedish and the buff duck are among the top layer ducks, averaging up to 180 eggs per year. During this time, they are incapable of laying an egg. Ducks tend to start laying eggs at about 6 months. Ducks lay some 100–150 white or tinted eggs per year of 80–90 g weight. Mine started laying about 2 months ago. : 36, 352. When do Blue swedish ducks start to lay and for how long. Use.

The eggs are incubated for about 28 days to hatching. If you have only one pair of mating ducks, you will not need to provide any special arrangements for your Black Swedish ducks, as they are excellent parents. The Cayuga name is taken from Cayuga Lake, so called after a local Native American tribe in New York State where the breed was popularized.

Her second year (which is often the most productive) she laid about 300 eggs.