When can we start eating our ducks eggs?

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kstes347

kstes347

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So, as I mentioned in a few posts ago, our oldest lady duck just started laying eggs!

I'm wondering when we can start eating them? It weirds me out a little to think about picking it up out of the coop and cracking it open into the frying pan, any tips on how to clean them & store them for healthiest results?

And should we wait until she has laid for a couple of weeks, or does it not really matter?

Thanks for any help, it's kind of hard finding concrete info about this stuff!
 
You can eat the very first egg.

I stored my ducks' eggs on the kitchen counter, just like the chicken eggs from my flock. I do wipe the duck eggs off if they're muddy, with a dry dish towel. If I found an egg in the kiddie pool, I discarded it.

LOVE duck eggs! The flavor is more rich than chicken eggs. And boy, howdy, do they make great baked desserts!
 
Yeah as said right from the get-go.. but your right at first i to felt a touch odd.. i have gotten over that lol mind you .. i now have 3 cartons of eggs in my fridge
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My girls clearly don't get that i don't need quite that many eggs...
 
This time of year, I wash the mud off under running water. Then they go into the fridge.

If the ducks have been tidy and laid the eggs in their proper nest of shavings, they just go into the fridge.

I do wash the outside of the shell just before I crack the eggs. I just use clean water.

Your fresh laid eggs are much healthier than the eggs you buy in the store.

Later in the year, when I get a lot of eggs, the cartons will be dated, so that I can use the oldest eggs first.
 
I'm a little irked by the thought of eating a duck egg altogether. So I get your irky-ness. :)

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kstes347 said:
So, as I mentioned in a few posts ago, our oldest lady duck just started laying eggs!

I'm wondering when we can start eating them? It weirds me out a little to think about picking it up out of the coop and cracking it open into the frying pan, any tips on how to clean them & store them for healthiest results?

And should we wait until she has laid for a couple of weeks, or does it not really matter?

Thanks for any help, it's kind of hard finding concrete info about this stuff!
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Oregon Blues said:
This time of year, I wash the mud off under running water. Then they go into the fridge.

If the ducks have been tidy and laid the eggs in their proper nest of shavings, they just go into the fridge.

I do wash the outside of the shell just before I crack the eggs.  I just use clean water.

Your fresh laid eggs are much healthier than the eggs you buy in the store.

Later in the year, when I get  a lot of eggs, the cartons will be dated, so that I can use the oldest eggs first.
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