Dirty coating on duck eggs

Sean Kelly · October 22, 2011, 08:18:34 PM

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!

Sean Kelly

VolunteerK9 · October 22, 2011, 08:45:21 PM

Yeah, thats normal-but fair warning, if you decide to eat them they taste like mud

Sean Kelly · November 01, 2011, 02:10:36 PM

Quote from: VolunteerK9 on October 22, 2011, 08:45:21 PM
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

Michael Bush · November 01, 2011, 04:51:47 PM

Actually they taste like duck eggs... oddly enough... but the coating will protect the egg, so I leave it on.

JP · November 02, 2011, 07:18:56 AM

I'm thinking like M.B. on this one. Sounds like it could just be the bloom you are seeing?

...JP

armyturner · November 02, 2011, 09:12:10 AM

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.

VolunteerK9 · November 02, 2011, 09:27:13 AM

I must have had some mud eating ducks then-I didnt care for the taste at all.

Michael Bush · November 02, 2011, 12:08:58 PM

Duck eggs definitely do not taste like chicken eggs.

JP · November 02, 2011, 12:47:42 PM

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.

...JP

danno · November 02, 2011, 01:15:52 PM

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

AliciaH · November 02, 2011, 03:22:13 PM

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.

kingbee · February 02, 2012, 01:49:34 AM

Quote from: AliciaH on November 02, 2011, 03:22:13 PM... The duck eggs I've tried were... Rubbery...

:-D 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. :-D 1955 Groucho Marx DeSoto COMPLETE TV SHOW 1 of 4
Outside of carnival games I thought that the rubber duck was as extinct as the Plymouth and DeSota automobiles Groucho pitched.

luvin honey · April 19, 2012, 08:34:19 PM

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!