all of the sudden a white egg

[Cowgirl71]

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Sounds like a duck egg. Congrats!

 

[sheila3935]

Thanks everyone. DH had me put both in the incubator so we will see. Im getting up early tomorrow to see if I can catch her in the nest. If it truly is her Im so glad she finally decided to grace us with eggs.

 

[BWKatz]

Just curious..do duck eggs taste the same as chickens? I've never had any.

 

[sheila3935]

I dont know yet Dh made me put the first two we have got in the incubator.

 

[crash0330]

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They taste a little bit more eggy a little more strong than chicken eggs, but great tasting still, if you mix them with chicken eggs you wont even be able to tell the difference.

 

[abhaya]

looks ducky to me

 

[sheila3935]

You all were right. I went out this morning and she was in the nesting box with one of the chickens. And there was another white egg.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Baby duckies on the way

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[CMV]

Duck eggs bake up much nicer than chicken eggs. They give baked goods more loft. I like to use a flour/wheat flour/wheat germ mix in place of all-purpose flour which tends to make baked goods more dense. Using a duck egg in place of the chicken egg helps to alleviate that.

Enjoy the new babies!

 

[Cowgirl71]

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Really? Cool! My Mom is switching to whole wheat flour (all-purpose is very bad for you, I guess), and she's always trying to find ways to make it fluffier so that we'll like it more. Do the duck eggs give it a bad flavor at all? (I've heard they can taste kinda ucky) Hmmm... Maybe I've found convincing argument to get a couple ducks!

BTW, my Mom bought a grain mill a couple months ago and loves it! The flour is so much better! Even the special expensive whole wheat flour she bought would make tough and rubbery bread, but with her grain mill the bread is almost as fluffy as bread made with all-purpose flour!