Goose Eggs as Christmas ornaments

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8, I have made an ornament every year since I met my husband, that's 18yrs! Married 11yrs! Now I have expanded to add my two Daughters and they look forward to Christmas each year and the highlight is their ornament from me. I usually base the design on what the highlight of the year has been. This year we are truly blessed with a beautiful home with land, and newbies to owning 8 sweet ducks. Creating a duck egg ornament is perfect! Can you tell me step by step how to do it? Especially getting the shell properly clean inside out and odor out and kill any potential germs! Thank you!
 
Nyssa03 said:
Your eggs are really beautiful. If you have time, could you explain how you got the "egg" out. I had a few I tried and ended up cracking most of them. 
thanks,
Patsy
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Thank you Nyssa for the compliment. The way i got the yolk out, was with a small diameter nail and a hammer. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen but i just held the egg in my palm while holding the nail with the fingers on the same hand and with the nail point on the ends of the eggs and then tapped lightly with the hammer until i felt the nail sinking into the shell. I did both ends like that. A drill with a small drill bit also works but dont force it through. With mine once i got the nail through both ends, i stuck the nail all the way into the egg and "scrambled" the yolk inside. Wash the shell before you do anything and the again after the holes are put in. Then i put my mouth over (again make sure to wash) one of the holes and blew out the yolk through the other hole. For me about 4 times completely got the yolk out. A small air compressor might work also if someone had breathing problems and couldnt blow.
 
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PrayingMantis said:
8, I have made an ornament every year since I met my husband, that's 18yrs! Married 11yrs! Now I have expanded to add my two Daughters and they look forward to Christmas each year and the highlight is their ornament from me. I usually base the design on what the highlight of the year has been. This year we are truly blessed with a beautiful home with land, and newbies to owning 8 sweet ducks. Creating a duck egg ornament is perfect! Can you tell me step by step how to do it? Especially getting the shell properly clean inside out and odor out and kill any potential germs! Thank you!
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PrayingMantis i will make you a step by step list and post it here ill will try to get it this evening. The first part of draining the yolk i posted for Nyssa but i will include it all. Duck eggs will make great ornaments as well. They are about as sturdy as goose egg shell.
 
Hi "8" - thanks so much - I will try the nail and hammer. I had used a very small drill bit with pretty poor results. Soon as there are more eggs I will try your method. Thanks again and Happy Holidays!
 
What a fantastic idea. Your eggs are very pretty. I was thinking about raising more geese next year, now I have an idea what i could do or try to do with the extra eggs.... Thank you for sharing.
D'Angelo
 

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