I did try, ran back to the house to fetch the phone but on my return the ducks were just peacefully patrolling the spot which me hedgehog had already left.
I don't know if it could be that or not. They get a small amount of scratch grains along with their layer feed, some lettuce occasionally, bugs and grass for a short period of the day, fresh water daily and Flock Raiser. I put the Flock Raiser in because I still have the younger ducks with my older ones. The boys all get Flock Raiser that I know are boys for sure as they are separated but I don't know the sex of the 5 week old Mallard and Black Swedish for sure yet. I have been able to eat Chicken eggs practically all runny and soft boiled my whole life but not the duck eggs. I guess our systems are all different. Some of my friends can eat them sunny side up, just not others like us.
Ho old is she? - The Black Swedish ducklings started to quax at an age of ~four weeks last year. That is, two of the three... The third one continued to peep and became Ralphie Dux.
Soybeans do have a weird smell naturally! - That's likely the reason why we don't eat them directly, but only consume them inf the form of soy-sauce or protein add-ons to other food.
She is almost 6 weeks and does not actually peep anymore but also does not quack yet. Some say theirs didn't until they were 7 weeks old. July 8th she will be 8 weeks old and I figure if she doesn't quack by then she is part of the Mafia group that I have, lol.
Eggs are eggs are eggs! - There is no such thing as a "duck-egg taste". The taste of the eggs heavily depends on what the birds (or reptiles) have eaten while they produced the eggs. Would you feed your ducks only with fish, there is a good chance that their eggs have a fishy smell.Today I decided that we have accumulated enough eggs so we can prepare something for breakfast with our overnight visitors (software development crew, usually remote work but sometimes we like to get together).
I was a little worried because I have read many descriptions ranging from "like chicken eggs, only more so" to "the white is leathery unless prepared in some special different ways". Our practical experience was definitely the first, ie. they are simply eggs, no special treatment needed, but very good ones. Good taste, good coloring. We did a simple "sunny side up" dish just to establish a basic starting point.
This is still experimental small scale production - 5 ducks old enough to lay but usually just a single egg per day and yesterday there was unexpectedly one in the afternoon as well - must have been from the same duck that already laid an egg in the morning because the shell was rubberThe content was fine though.
I like to eat my scrambled eggs moist, not crumbly. Fried eggs should be sunny side up for me and boiled eggs need to have the yolk creamy to a bit runny to please my taste buds.
The weather here is weird too, just 25° but 90% humidity. Just typing this made me sweating…
