question bout brown egg layers

[txredneckmedic]

I have black sex link chickens and pekin ducks....got one egg today....first egg and it was white. Fried it up and it was richer than store bought chicken eggs and alot more yolk than normal eggs. Whats the probability that it was a duck egg?

 

[Mahonri]

100% probability that it was a duck egg.

 

[b.hromada]

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Yep, agree, its a duck's. My Pekin has real large white eggs. They are the best for baking, by the way! Enjoy!

 

[justmeandtheflock]

I think it was a duck, the BSL probably would have been smaller than a store bought large egg or been a double yoker. Plus, they should be brown egg layers (Um, I think, I may have lost track of all my birds, lol). Congrats

 

[txredneckmedic]

Yeah thats what I was thinking. Ill post a pic up here in a bit. I wasnt sure what the possibility of a brown egg layer laying a white egg. And it was darn near the same size as a large storebought brown egg....just a lil longer.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

txred,
the duck egg is smoother than a chicken egg which is more porous. I have noticed that my duck eggs are harder to crack open too. As well the whites being more gelatin like.

 

[wichix411]

sorry for the hijack-
but can you house chickens and ducks together? I have a 8 chickens and i would love to get some ducks again...
and if you let your chickens free range, will the ducks just leave? do they have the "homing" instinct that chickens have?

 

[txredneckmedic]

I house all of mine together. They even have a little pool. I take my ducks out occasionally to free range but mostly they stay in their pen. And it was very smooth and hard to crack.