Do all duck eggs smell swampy?

[Northern Flights]

An ex girlfriend once told me I smell like a duck egg. For years I thought she was being nice, but now I see she wasn't... Darn, I guess I'll have to quit eating things off the bottom of the lake.

 

[ANightPerson]

My girls' eggs used to smell so bad and taste exactly like they smelled, they were so nasty. They didn't smell like that this year for some reason. They are free-ranged during the day and have both pools at night and two nearby ponds that they go to during the day. I have a new feed this year. I'm wondering if that's what changed things? I never wash mind either, and they still don't stink up like they used to.

 

[Steven Bussell]

I just want my ducks to start laying eggs

 

[Texag87]

I just want my ducks to start laying eggs

Ours have slowed down this week. Even the drake just wants to lay in the pool because it is so hot. How old are your ducks ?

 

[ShannonR]

I always thought duck eggs were nasty. I have tried eggs from a bunch of species and ducks are the worst!!

 

[Texag87]

Something must have been not right. To me a chicken egg from the store is a bland piece of bread and a duck egg is Texas Toast.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I agree. I can't eat chicken eggs from the store anymore because they taste chemicly. Duck eggs taste very fresh and eggy.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I've never sniffed our eggs before (from our chickens or ducks) but duck eggs are usually always dirty in some way.

All our chicken eggs are squeaky clean but our ducks lay in gravel bags, on the floor in the open, lay then poop on the eggs and also like to play football with them and roll them in the mud.

Once they're clean they're still edible and I haven't noticed a smell.

The only thing I have noticed with duck eggs is that they leave a kinda 'poopy egg' after-taste after eating them. The chickens don't.

I love our duck eggs more than chicken eggs but when that taste is there and it's noticeable I'm just kinda like

 

[Amer]

Mine don't smell like anything! But they eat chicken food and have a pool.

 

[quackiemama]

Something must have been not right. To me a chicken egg from the store is a bland piece of bread and a duck egg is Texas Toast.

100% agree