![]() ![]() Cayuga males and females have the same coloring.Next summer I want to try a more rigid pond and put a drain in it, making it easier to clean. I use landscape timbers (4×4 posts) made into a frame on the ground, filled with small stones. Things that have worked for me: Put the kiddie pool and water tub on top of a well-drained area. Believe the books when they say ducks are messy! They need water near their feed and will bathe, drink, splash, excrete and play in every container of water you give them.Here are a few things I have learned in these past six months: There are many great resources out there for raising ducks. They are outside when it’s the worst and even sleep outside overnight in the snow sometimes. It is winter now, and they seem to enjoy the cold. They have very different personalities than the chickens and their antics can be very comical. Their feathers are gorgeous black, oily green and so shiny. The ducks are doing great and I enjoy them very much. Please remember, from a biosecurity perspective, it’s important to not mix species. This fall, we created the duck area, with a homemade duck house, kiddie pool, water and feed tubs. Later in the summer, they moved outside to a large grassy, fenced area with a small lean-to shelter with a kiddie pool to drink from and swim in. I raised them in a stall in my horse barn, which worked really well. ![]() Requirements in New York are to purchase six chicks or ducklings at a time, so I ended up with six Cayuga ducklings through my local farm store. If you are at all interested, check out this and other facts and fables about breeds at The Livestock Conservancy site. ![]() Another is that they came from an English duck breed that was brought to America. Well, actually the origination of this species is debated, but that is one of the histories. Cayuga ducks.Ĭayugas interested me because I live in New York and the Cayuga originates and take their name from an area of New York west of me, Cayuga Lake. This past summer, I felt the need to expand onto our feathered family. I have raised chickens for many years and thoroughly enjoy them. Ideal’s success can be attributed to following sound Christian principles in providing quality products and service to offer the best experience for our customers.I am what you would call a “newbie” to waterfowl. While many hatcheries have been forced to close, Ideal Poultry has become the leader in producing non-commercial poultry annually, selling more than six million items of baby poultry. In addition, Ideal has available, as a service to its customers, 9 Heritage Breeds of Turkeys, Ring Neck Pheasants and Chukar. Ideal currently hatches and sells 79 Standard Chicken Breeds/Varieties, 58 Breeds/Varieties of Bantams, 9 Breeds of Ducks, 3 Breeds of Geese and 4 Breeds/Varieties of Guineas. Ideal Poultry maintains more than fifty-thousand breeders on its company owned farms. More Than 50,000 Poultry Breeders: Chickens, Bantams, Ducks, Geese, Guineas, Turkey, Pheasant and Chukar Janet’s son Kevin, a 2015 Texas A&M Agriculture Leadership & Development graduate of Texas A&M, has joined the business to lead the sales and payroll aspects of Ideal Poultry. Gary’s other son Nathan, a 2012 Texas A&M Poultry Science graduate and 2013 Masters Graduate of Texas A&M, joined the business to manage the hatchery. Gary’s son, Stephen, a 2009 Texas A&M Poultry Science graduate, has become the first member of the fourth generation of the Fuchs family to join Ideal’s staff and is being trained by his father to manage all production aspects of the business. Ideal Poultry continues as a family owned and operated business, currently being equally owned by three of Monroe’s children Gary, the President, is responsible for all poultry production including supervision of the hatchery and breeding farms Janet Crouch, Vice President is responsible for sales and management of the office staff, Vice President, Teri Adcox is responsible for overseeing the shipment of all of Ideal’s products and supervising internet and retail sales. Leo and his wife Edna were sole owners of Ideal from 1946 until 1973 when they sold the business to Monroe, their youngest son. Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms, Inc., first known as Ideal Hatchery & Poultry Farm, has been producing quality poultry since brothers Leo and Theo Fuchs (pronounced Fox) started the business in 1937. The Ideal Poultry Story One Of The Largest Suppliers Of Quality Backyard Poultry Since 1937
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