duck eggs, my new favorite eggs to eat

[Rauxann]

I was wondering about the taste of duck eggs. does loose its flavor when a rooster mates with her? does it change the nutrients and deep orange color of them?

 

[Poultry parent]

First off a rooster can't mate with a duck. A male duck is called a drake.
Mating doesn't change anything about the eggs other than making it possible to hatch them

 

[Rauxann]

i just saw my rooster mate with my duck yesterday, very unusual, i don't have any drakes only female ducks. I have chickens and roosters and only 4 ducks, hey all stay together. i couldn't believe it when i saw it .

 

[jofanx]

No, the flavor is based on what the birds eat... I had a drake (male duck) that mated with the chickens AND the ducks. All eggs were "fertilized" (the white double ring) although the chicken eggs would obviously never hatch. I don't have roosters because the laws don't allow me to. No change in flavor or taste.

 

[Poultry parent]

Ducks and chickens can't mate, the drake can try to mate with a hen , but their anatomy is completely different

 

[jofanx]

I thought so too... until all the eggs I collected from both the chickens and the ducks came back with the bullseye.

 

[Poultry parent]

You can very easily confuse a blastodisc with a blastoderm. If a duck managed to do it, the chicken would end up dying

 

[jofanx]

Had this discussion with @learycow before... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1073261/uh-muscovy-egg-colors-and-size/10

They also get "fertilized" eggs from duck/chicken matings. I was under the impression it could kill the chickens as well.

 

[Poultry parent]

A rooster mater by rubbing vents with the hen , a drake has actual penetration

 

[jofanx]

I know. Which was why I thought it was really strange if not downright dangerous for the chicken hens. I guess someone who has only drakes and duck hens and chicken hens can take pictures of the eggs cracked open one day to put this debate to rest.