Duck Eggs

[BGKYSmoker]

I traded a doz chip eggs for 8 duck eggs.
I think she got the better end of the deal.

Pickle tomorrow.

 

[indaswamp]

I like duck eggs.

 

[chilerelleno]

I like duck eggs too.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Last time I ate a duck egg I was still at home on parents chicken farm.

 

[DougE]

I had ducks when I was a kid and nobody in my family really cared for the strong taste duck eggs have. Mom used them for baking and I gave the rest away to people who loved them.

 

[dons2346]

Duck eggs are good for baking but a little strong to eat by themselves. I do like turkey eggs with the larger yoke

 

[Winterrider]

That's what we found yrs ago, was the duck eggs just used for baking.

 

[millerbuilds]

Not a huge fan of straight duck eggs, but great for baking or in a dish with acid to balance the stronger flavor than that of Chicken eggs. I am very interested to hear how the pickled duck eggs turn out.

- Jason

 

[Hockeydudde]

I hadn't noticed a taste to duck eggs at all.
We like them for baking and will use them for scrabbled. They hold up nice to a hash or something with more texture since they set firmer.
Interested to see how the picked texture is. Fried the whites are too firm for me. I always assumed boiled they would be like eating a hockey puck, so never tried it.

 

[chilerelleno]

We were getting duck eggs every trout trip in PA.
I noticed a very noticeable change in taste between ducks kept penned and fed pelleted feed / fresh water, and those allowed free range in a pond and offered supplemental veggies and/or limited pellets.
The latter having the more distinct flavors and bright orange yolk.

 

[Hockeydudde]

We were getting duck eggs every trout trip in PA.
I noticed a very noticeable change in taste between ducks kept penned and fed pelleted feed / fresh water, and those allowed free range in a pond and offered supplemental veggies and/or limited pellets.
The latter having the more distinct flavors and bright orange yolk.

Ducks instantly turn "fresh water" into a mucky pond! Trying to provide fresh water for a duck is a fools errand.

 

[Fueling Around]

I love duck eggs, but our supplier hasn't raised them in a few years.
Didn't a distinct difference in flavor.
Never worked up the courage to try a balut.

 

[dons2346]

"Never worked up the courage to try a balut."
Well, having been there and done that, I can say you haven't missed a lot. Once, on a dare, was enough.

 

[Fueling Around]

We mostly get farm fresh eggs. Twice wife has cracked an egg with about a 7-10 day puddle of chick. She's a pretty good sport and just tosses in the garbage and reaches for another egg.

 

[DougE]

We mostly get farm fresh eggs. Twice wife has cracked an egg with about a 7-10 day puddle of chick. She's a pretty good sport and just tosses in the garbage and reaches for another egg.

One reason I only have hens. I also got tired of flogging the one rooster I did have every time I needed to go in the run to fill the waterer. He was pretty aggressive.

 

[KBFlyer]

This showed up on my Cummunity Facebook page late yesterday. Good for him.

"Good evening. We have a very enthusiastic young business man out at the end of our driveway selling freshly squeezed/juiced lime, pineapple and strawberry juice! He also has some fresh chicken, quail and duck eggs is anyone is interested! "

 

[indaswamp]

Awesome! I love helping young entrepreneurs!

 

[Fueling Around]

One reason I only have hens. I also got tired of flogging the one rooster I did have every time I needed to go in the run to fill the waterer. He was pretty aggressive.

We have no say on what our egg suppliers have in the inventory. I wish they didn't keep roosters, but some do for the predator protection. As you said, they are pretty aggressive.