EGG INTOLERANCE!!! How can I justify ducks?

[Everose]

Looks yummy!

It is

 

[Crazy Maizie]

When I got my muscovy, I had never tried duck eggs. About 6 months after I started eating them, I developed an intolerance to their eggs. I just added 2 more ducks to the flock plus hatched ducklings from my original flock.
I am able to eat chicken eggs. However, once I developed the intolerance to duck eggs, I couldn't eat chicken eggs or I had the same symptoms. I cut them out for a whole month before attempting to eat chicken eggs again. Some people can eat duck eggs but not chicken eggs and vice versa.
Now, if I knew I had an intolerance, I probably wouldn't have gotten them. But, if I really wanted some ducks, I would just go for drakes. They have a lot of personality and are loads of fun to watch.

 

[Parront]

Where were all of you who would only have drakes when I was looking for homes for the ones I raised? They were beautiful. I got them from Sandhill Preservation. I hatched a bunch of mixed eggs from them in the Easter Hatch-a-long, drakes again were not in demand so were eaten. Pretty tasty. I have 5 of their daughters just now starting to lay small eggs the size of a large chicken egg.

 

[Everose]

Where were all of you who would only have drakes when I was looking for homes for the ones I raised? They were beautiful. I got them from Sandhill Preservation. I hatched a bunch of mixed eggs from them in the Easter Hatch-a-long, drakes again were not in demand so were eaten. Pretty tasty. I have 5 of their daughters just now starting to lay small eggs the size of a large chicken egg.

Handsome boys too!

 

[Parront]

Handsome boys too!

I highly recommend the Golden Cascades. But I only got boys of those. They are supposed to be good layers, so I wanted his daughters.

 

[Regina Larsen]

Hello y'all.
I have recently developed an egg intolerance...

It's the most horrible thing!!! I can't eat chicken eggs! I haven't tried duck eggs yet (since my intolerance developed) and I was wondering if anyone else has an intolerance to chicken eggs but not duck eggs. I'm not talking about an allergy, it's definitely an intolerance.

I am so dead set on getting welsh harlequin ducks. I HAVE TO HAVE THEM! But since my intolerance developed I've been wondering if there's a way to justify keeping an egg laying breed of duck and (possibly) not being able to eat the eggs. I was hoping to use the eggs in gluten free baking and sell them at farmers markets, but now I just don't know. I don't really want a meat duck, I like collecting eggs and weighing them, I like the taste of the eggs, I love the ducks that lay the eggs.

Any ideas? And has anyone else developed an intolerance to eggs after eating eggs for years with no problem? Thank you in advance for sharing your ideas, opinions and experiences!

Eve

I cannot eat duck eggs (my hub can) so the duck eggs he does not eat we get feed the chickens with boiled yolks (bedtime treat) and the whites go to the dog (excellent protein). I see the ducks as a valuable protein cornerstone for the homestead plus the little boogers are hardy and stinkin adorable

 

[Weeg]

I've heard of lots of people who can't eat chicken eggs but can still eat duck eggs. Bit entirely sure what the reasoning behind it is, but it may work out for you.

 

[Regina Larsen]

I've heard of lots of people who can't eat chicken eggs but can still eat duck eggs. Bit entirely sure what the reasoning behind it is, but it may work out for you.

Its different proteins in the white that does it.

 

[Weeg]

Its different proteins in the white that does it.

That makes sense, interesting. Thank you!

 

[The-White-Elephant]

In my experience, I have eaten eggs a lot, but never got intolerance, but I do have a friend who’se father ate a lot of seafood every day, and now he is super allergic to it, maybe you ate too much? Other than that I don’t know