Duck egg taste comparision with chicken eggs

[keyt1969]

Quote:
Not true! I have

Calls
Runners
Cayugas
Pekins
Swedish
Mallards
Muskovies

My calls are drakes so I can't judge on that, but out of 12 hens, I get about 8-10 eggs a day on average. My Pekins and Cayugas are the most prolific layers.

As far as how duck eggs are, here's some info:

Even though duck eggs are more fattening, the protein value is much different. Chicken eggs have 6.7g and duck eggs have 9.0.
Vitamin A in duck eggs is 9% daily value while chicken eggs is 5%. Calcium is 5% in duck eggs while chicken is 4%.

I have 2 customers who have major allergies to dairy, yet they can eat duck eggs.

They are excellent in any baked goods and definitely in homemade noodles!

I have many bantam chickens and can't do much with their eggs if I'm not incubating them, so I boil their eggs along with some duck eggs when I'm overloaded and once they're cooled, I smash them with my hand and throw them (shell and all) to my ducks, chickens and pot bellied pig.

We eat them often too. I love them in scrambled eggs and cheese and omelettes!!

 

[70%cocoa]

Duck egg whites are whiter than chicken eggs. As others have said, the white is firmer when cooked but still delicate enough and definitely delicious!! Side by side they taste slightly different but only if you are looking put for it.

 

[Oregon Blues]

Pekins were developed to produce meat, not eggs. My charts say 125-225 eggs per year from a Pekin.

 

[Duckville denizen]

I think the idea of eating duck eggs is what makes the difference in most people. As Americans, we have been accustomed to buying and eating chicken eggs, so that is the taste we expect. On the other hand, I have a friend who is Cambodian, who is overjoyed when she has duck eggs. In her country, ducks are used exclusively for egg production, and she feels that duck eggs are much better and richer tasting. It's whatever we get used to, I think.

 

[sadies chicks]

I agree

more of a "it's what I was raised eating" mentality.

thanks everyone!!

 

[ducks_rcool329]

Quote:
Not true! I have

Calls
Runners
Cayugas
Pekins
Swedish
Mallards
Muskovies

My calls are drakes so I can't judge on that, but out of 12 hens, I get about 8-10 eggs a day on average. My Pekins and Cayugas are the most prolific layers.

As far as how duck eggs are, here's some info:

Even though duck eggs are more fattening, the protein value is much different. Chicken eggs have 6.7g and duck eggs have 9.0.
Vitamin A in duck eggs is 9% daily value while chicken eggs is 5%. Calcium is 5% in duck eggs while chicken is 4%.

I have 2 customers who have major allergies to dairy, yet they can eat duck eggs.

They are excellent in any baked goods and definitely in homemade noodles!

I have many bantam chickens and can't do much with their eggs if I'm not incubating them, so I boil their eggs along with some duck eggs when I'm overloaded and once they're cooled, I smash them with my hand and throw them (shell and all) to my ducks, chickens and pot bellied pig.

We eat them often too. I love them in scrambled eggs and cheese and omelettes!!

I have to agree, I find myself throwing eggs out, beause i ham overflowing with duck eggs. I have 35 ducks, and i have 20 females, i get around 23 eggs everyday. I think the extras come from my GSH

 

[Cinnylove]

http://www.localharvest.org/blog/16682/entry/duck_eggs_vs_chicken_eggs
I found this article/website super helpful on the difference between duck n chicken eggs

 

[gryeyes]

http://www.localharvest.org/blog/16682/entry/duck_eggs_vs_chicken_eggs I found this article/website super helpful on the difference between duck n chicken eggs

I found that article to be less than spectacular, as it was full of miss-spellings and had at least one glaring contradiction, stating (about duck eggs) "has more water" and "due to less water" in the same paragraph. So, which is it? Anyway, I like duck eggs better, so I sell all my chicken eggs but save the duck eggs for my own use.

 

[BrownEyedGal]

I love our duck eggs. Before we got our girls a couple of months ago I'd never had a duck egg. But I wouldn't go back now. They're delicious! Creamy, rich, yummy! Ours aren't strong tasting, they're just really nice. We have a khaki Campbell and a white Campbell and they both lay pretty much daily. Enjoy yours when they arrive!