Help Determining Duck From Chicken Eggs......

[tkoutdoors]

Hey all, This is my first post on byc..... My hubby and I have ventured into having ducks and chickens. All of them we believe are laying as of now - they are about 5 months old. Now the question that I have is how do we tell the eggs apart? Some of them are obviously MUCH larger than the others. But how do we tell which are which?

 

[buff goose guy]

okay unless you have cayuga or khaki campbells almost all eggs are green, white, or blue and from looking at these none are duck eggs

 

[buff goose guy]

at 5 months i have never had a duck lay unless it was spring and they were thrown into breeding season early. its always been about late 5 months to maybe 6 months some even take a year to start laying eggs.

 

[tkoutdoors]

Thank you! We have 2 pekin and 4 rouen ducks.....

 

[buff goose guy]

yeah then none of those are duck eggs they wouldnt be brown

 

[jducour]

Yeah, I bet in a month or so you will start seeing some white eggs show up, and maybe blue/green as well! I have 4 layers, 3 of them lay white/cream colored eggs, and one lays the prettiest green eggs you've ever seen. Here is what I collected from my ducks in the last 6 days. Your eggs are so pretty and clean! I would read up on storing them unwashed, it is supposed to really help their shelf life and keep the natural antibacterial bloom in place.