How to identify duck eggs vs. chicken eggs

[DuckDuckSook]

Hello Friends!

I now have 2 Welsh Harlequin ducks living with some of my chickens in one of my coops/runs. My daughter is sensitive to duck eggs so I plan on only giving/selling them to neighbors and not keeping them. I'm having a difficult time identifying the duck eggs because many of the eggs in that coop end up in the pine shavings on the floor. I think some of the birds push eggs out of the nesting boxes. Is there any way to tell a duck egg from a chicken egg besides size? I'm not seeing any particularly large eggs at the moment because the ducks just started laying. I'm going by instinct and feel but it's not an exact science at all. I've been playing it extra safe with my daughter and only feeding her eggs from my other all-chicken flock. Thanks for any tips or suggestions.

 

[Jenbirdee]

well, the harlequins will lay large white eggs. (they will get larger with time.) perhaps some of your chickens lay brown eggs? maybe put those chickens in with the ducks instead of some who lay white.