Rescued Duckling... newbie

[Raenh]

I think he gets confused sometimes and not sure if im another drake or momma. Specially when he wants to jump speedy for the third time in a row and she shoves off and comes running to me. He gets all huffy and yelly like at both of us.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Poor boy having 2 against 1. He'll get over it. [Maybe] lol

 

[CayugaJana]

Don’t feel bad about taking the eggs. They probably don’t even remember you doing it 1 minute after it’s gone. I take mine when they are let out in the morning so they don’t even see me doing it.

 

[Raenh]

That's what i started doing cause i waited til she had a few. I take 1 or 2 a day and now she's down to 4 in the nest, I'll get more tonight. - we were up to 13.... in 11 days.

I did try one today as soft boiled, and it worked well. That's kinda what i was worried, cause i really only like my breakfast eggs soft boiled or over med. Scrambled... while i will eat them, i don't like cooking them that much cause of smell sometimes for some reason turns my stomach. But if i get past that, I'll eat it lol. I love eggs, just something sets me off when scrambled ones are cooking.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That's interesting. I am glad you like the one you tried. If you like egg salad you should make some it is very good with duck eggs.

 

[Raenh]

I think egg salad is a sometimes thing for me. But now you gave me an idea for a way to get my family members to try it - it's hilarious, my dad taught us to try everything at least once, and then again made a different way, if we didn't like it. So, when my mom, and sisters tell me they don't want to try it, I arch an eyebrow at them. Especially at the one that eats baby octopuses and squid!

 

[Miss Lydia]

They won't eat duck eggs but will eat baby octopus and squid? My dh doesn't care for duck eggs [raised on chicken eggs] but he'll eat them in egg salad. Or when I bake with them.

 

[Raenh]

They won't try them. It's kinda funny, though i understand. I was feeling the same as them but i still tried it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Maybe make up some egg salad with both duck and chicken eggs and offer some. That is what I did to get my dh use to them.

 

[Raenh]

That's actually what i did when i soft boiled. 2 chicken eggs and 1 duck... so i could tell the difference or not, there was a slight difference in the yolks, ducks being more yolky flavor, which i don't mind since i like the yolks more than the whites - most ppl don't apparently.