Taste of Duck Eggs

[hehahn]

Yay! I'm so glad for all the feedback. I'm glad to hear that they taste good, because I was really looking forward to eating them. Thanks, guys.

 

[Carebearsmiles]

My duck just started laying about a month ago and that was my first duck egg experience. They are for sure different- thicker is how I would describe it. But they taste great. Just fine scrambled and such. Haven't deviled them yet.
I have 1 pekin and 1 BA chicken. My Pekin outdoes the chicken on egg production by lots. (of course they're both young, so this may change.)

 

[Nebraskagirl]

My WH girl has been laying for a few weeks now. We have two in an incubator and I use the rest for baking. I am going to have to try and eat some scrambled though. They sound great.

 

[GarDenFarmGirl]

I have a Black Swedish and Mallard who are laying. My Black Swedish is on again/off again. But my Mallard, Bella, starting laying about five months ago and I think she has only missed laying one day since she started. Her eggs are large, perfect, and clean! She lays her eggs in the same place every day - one of the chicken's nest boxes!

It is actually a large red plastic tub-trug filled with hay. I am not sure how she manages to get in and out, but she does and I know exactly where to find her egg every morning. Bella lays better than any of my chickens!

 

[Valntyn]

We eat our Muscovy eggs and like them very much, scrambled, fried, hard boiled, in baked goods... Our GoldenDoodle and ferrets like them, too. *chuckle*

One of our Anconas just started laying and I'm sad to report we haven't tried her eggs yet.

I have been curious to see how different they may/may not be.

Good luck!

 

[hehahn]

I have some dietary issues with getting enough good fats and B vitamins in my diet, and I had read that duck eggs have more of the good long-chain omega-3 fatty acids that you need. These good fats are responsible for the feeling of being "fuller" when you eat them.

My ducks are just babies, so I have a ways to go until they lay, and I'm looking forward to it. Right now they're just little cuties!

 

[Carcajou]

Those little cuties will soon become big cuties and lay quality eggs!

 

[jonhpdx]

Any idea how long a duck egg keeps for? In the refrigerator? Out of the refrigerator. My 4 girls are only about 4 weeks old, but I'm trying wrap my head around what to expect once they start laying--this thread has been great!

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Love duck eggs here-- at any of the parties I bring baked goods to, well you wont hear complaints! Hard & soft boiled, yum. Fried: Not at all popular. I collect daily and my eggs go straight to the fridge. They won't last a month, but that is as long as I'd keep them. Other people do things differently, so taking polls and then deciding what is best for you is a great way to go. But personally I say 30 days, and I believe that when you purchase chicken eggs at the grocery, the date stamped on the carton is 30 days out from date of collection/packaging. Altho... I know that I've cracked open grocery eggs and they just look old.

 

[Quack Addict]

Duck eggs can last six weeks in the fridge. They have longer storage life than chicken eggs due to the thicker shell. We wash ours well then dry and apply a light wiping of cooking oil before refrigeration. The oil keeps fridge odors from getting through the shell once you've washed away the natural coating.