In the spring the flocks break up to lay eggs. The male and female stay together for life. They lay clutches which is a group of eggs. The usual amount of eggs in a clutch is three to nine. The cygnets find their food by themselves.
Cygnets usually eat bugs instead of weeds and grasses.
The cygnets can't fly because they don't have flight feathers yet. Animals don't eat adult swans, but they eat baby swans or cygnets. By three years of age the cygnets go find a mate. Most swans migrate. Mute swans don't migrate.