Taste Test: eggs from different fowl, participation encouraged

[Kiki]

@Wickedchicken6 can you please do this experiment with a guinea egg? I said please.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

@Wickedchicken6 can you please do this experiment with a guinea egg? I said please.

I don't get eggs until late April. They don't lay at this time of the year up here.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I wonder if @CapricornFarm could do something with guinea eggs, if she is getting any yet.

 

[PirateGirl]

Do people eat eggs from pea hens? And where are our geese people? It's about that time of year the geese should start laying too.

 

[Kiki]

I don't get eggs until late April. They don't lay at this time of the year up here.

Do you have nice grocery stores up there like mine?
You could go buy some eggs!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Do you have nice grocery stores up there like mine?
You could go buy some eggs!

I think I'd have to drive 4 hours away to find a nice grocery store like yours IF we have them. I imagine our rules and regulations prohibit these type of egg sales.

 

[rjohns39]

Ok @PirateGirl I'll add my two cents, but don't have pics. I have duck, chicken, and turkey eggs. All are fed the same feed it's an 18% protein non-gmo layer and they all live and eat in the same pasture. Turkey eggs have an extremely tough membrane so hard to crack cleanly so best to use the edge of a bowl to slice through the membrane. Ducks are nearly the same and we're all familiar with chickens. All of mine have the deep orange yolk. The whites seem firmer with the ducks, and firmer still with the turkey.

As for taste, I can't tell any difference. A lot of bakers I know swear by duck eggs as the firmer whites make a fluffier batter, but I haven't done that experiment yet.

As a general rule of thumb, I always sniff eggs before cracking and I generally will crack one egg at a time in a separate bowl. I have a basket of LH eggs that I'll be candeling today as we found a new hidden nest. My ducks are the worst at hiding eggs.

 

[RUNuts]

I've tried guinea eggs in the past and was under whelmed. They tasted like chicken eggs. The guinea eggs were from Dad's work friend. I was younger then, but was excited enough to remember the result. They are pretty!

I remember when we went to see him, he told us the guineas cleaned up under the bug zapper first thing in the morning every morning. They loved their fried bugs!

 

[PirateGirl]

Ok @PirateGirl I'll add my two cents, but don't have pics. I have duck, chicken, and turkey eggs. All are fed the same feed it's an 18% protein non-gmo layer and they all live and eat in the same pasture. Turkey eggs have an extremely tough membrane so hard to crack cleanly so best to use the edge of a bowl to slice through the membrane. Ducks are nearly the same and we're all familiar with chickens. All of mine have the deep orange yolk. The whites seem firmer with the ducks, and firmer still with the turkey.

As for taste, I can't tell any difference. A lot of bakers I know swear by duck eggs as the firmer whites make a fluffier batter, but I haven't done that experiment yet.

As a general rule of thumb, I always sniff eggs before cracking and I generally will crack one egg at a time in a separate bowl. I have a basket of LH eggs that I'll be candeling today as we found a new hidden nest. My ducks are the worst at hiding eggs.

Thanks for your input! I too have heard that the duck eggs are better for baking, and I'm hopeful that they will help combat the woes of attempting to bake at altitude without any impact on the flavor of the baked goods! I have not baked anything yet as I've only started getting duck eggs this past week. Interesting that you don't notice a palatable difference with your turkey eggs either. I suspect diet has a huge influence on this.

 

[PirateGirl]

I've tried guinea eggs in the past and was under whelmed. They tasted like chicken eggs. The guinea eggs were from Dad's work friend. I was younger then, but was excited enough to remember the result. They are pretty!

I remember when we went to see him, he told us the guineas cleaned up under the bug zapper first thing in the morning every morning. They loved their fried bugs!

haha! The bug zapper! My cat has learned that they moths gather by the outdoor light and hangs out there to hunt. She begs to be picked up to get closer to the light to catch bugs. Nothing special about guinea eggs then? Hmm.