Our first Cayuga egg! :)

This morning when I went to let the ducks out of their barn I was greeted with a dark oval jewel! The first egg of the year! And it's perfect! :) It's about the size of a jumbo chicken egg as you can see in the picture. As soon as the girls start laying regularly, we'll order our runner chicks and give them to a Cayuga mom, and let her do the work of raising them! Then this winter, we'll still have fresh eggs! Runner ducks are the egg laying queens. Nearly an egg a day all year long. That's some amazing production skills!