Sean Kelly
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« on: October 22, 2011, 07:18:34 PM » |
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Hey guys!
Our Peking duck finally started laying today (2 eggs!) and this is my first time dealing with duck eggs. Are they supposed to have a dirty film covering the egg? Our duck lives with our chickens and we just wanna make sure the eggs are the ducks and not from a sick hen. They're definitely a little longer in shape and bright white under the waxy film, unlike the barred rock's eggs which are brown with no coating.
Thanks! You guys rock!
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2011, 07:45:21 PM » |
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Yeah, thats normal-but fair warning, if you decide to eat them they taste like mud
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« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 01:10:36 PM » |
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Yeah, thats normal-but fair warning, if you decide to eat them they taste like mud
Most definitely do not taste like mud. So far she's laid almost a dozen and I've been having either a fried or hard boiled every morning. We even made brownies with one a couple weeks ago which turned out fantastic. They taste just like a chicken egg, but with a little more yolk and quite a bit richer. I'm liking duck eggs almost more than chicken eggs now. Might have to buy a few more ducklings come springtime! Sean Kelly |
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« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 03:51:47 PM » |
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Actually they taste like duck eggs... oddly enough... but the coating will protect the egg, so I leave it on.
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« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2011, 06:18:56 AM » |
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I'm thinking like M.B. on this one. Sounds like it could just be the bloom you are seeing?
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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2011, 08:12:10 AM » |
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Never had any that tasted like mud. Duck eggs are often used in upscale bakeries in place of chicken eggs. Have you notices the difference in yolk? I have mallards and the yolk is much thicker from their eggs than the ones from my chickens.
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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2011, 08:27:13 AM » |
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I must have had some mud eating ducks then-I didnt care for the taste at all.
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« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2011, 11:08:58 AM » |
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Duck eggs definitely do not taste like chicken eggs.
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« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2011, 11:47:42 AM » |
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I've eaten duck eggs from my friend Jordan. I really like them! I find them similar to my hen's eggs but richer in taste. I hear that duck eggs make fantastic mayonnaise.
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« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2011, 12:15:52 PM » |
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when I was young my mother had geese and would get eggs from them. I remember relatives coming for the weekend and mom cooking breakfast. She asked my uncle how many eggs? He said 2 over easy. She brought them out to him on 2 plates. The look on his face was great
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« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2011, 02:22:13 PM » |
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The duck eggs I've tried weren't bad in taste, but it was the texture that got to me. Rubbery. Maybe I prepared them wrong? Are there better ways than others? Or maybe it was the ducks, I had Indian Runners at the time.
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« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2012, 12:49:34 AM » |
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... The duck eggs I've tried were... Rubbery...  AliciaH, you make soooooooo... easy. I've seen rubber chickens, even had one, but the last time I saw a rubber duck was on Groucho Marks' TV show "You Bet Your Life." If you don't get it ask someone older, maybe much older. 1955 Groucho Marx DeSoto COMPLETE TV SHOW 1 of 4 (The video's owner prevents external embedding) Outside of carnival games I thought that the rubber duck was as extinct as the Plymouth and DeSota automobiles Groucho pitched. |
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« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2012, 07:34:19 PM » |
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Our duck eggs stay a bit stained, too. I really can't tell the difference in taste between duck, chicken and turkey eggs, but they definitely shell out differently and have varied textures!
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