Which duck lays...

[WestKnollAmy]

a black duck egg?
I have heard of it but now can't find the breed that lays it. DH doesn't believe me.

 

[keeperofthehearth]

I did a google search and the only black duck egg I found was one that had been preserved using tea leaves, salt etc. for eating. They sounded quite nasty.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83370&highlight=black+duck+egg

It would be interesting to find out if there is a duck that lays actual black eggs.

 

[horsejody]

You might be thinking of the "1000 year old duck egg." It's a recipe for a picked or fermented duck egg.

 

[citalk2much]

BEI can lay a black egg at the beginning of their season

 

[rainplace]

I've read somewhere that sometimes when the black runners first start laying they may lay a darker egg. However, I've asked this question before and ducks lay mostly creamy to white eggs.

 

[Duck_feeder]

I actually enjoy 1000 yr old eggs with rice porridge but that doesn't really answer your question does it?

We have a black runner whose first egg was tiny and black. Now they are gray and kinda pointy.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Thanks guys and gals.
I did find the recipe for making a black egg (ugh!) but that isn't what I had seen before. Somewhere on this forum I came across fresh duck eggs laid out with chicken eggs and they were black (not the chicken eggs). They were fairly big so I thought they were from adult ducks but maybe I just thought they were big since they were so unusual.
I may get a few black Runners and see what I get. Sounds interesting.

 

[country freedom]

The Cayuga has the darkest egg I've heard of.
I do not know that much about duck breeds, though.

 

[1lpoock]

Yes, cayugas and Black East Indies can lay a very dark, almost black, egg at the beginning of the season.