[Jellyhead]

Got our first 2 duck eggs this weekend. So proud. Made lovely yorkshires. Had to seperate 2 ducks last night as Bertie was picking on one of the others. I assume (dont know cos its white and I havent looked you know where:shock: ) but I assume it must be another male. Anyway I moved 2 and they are getting on fine

[WG.]

A very fine thing is a duck egg.  Had 2 poached for brekkie only this morning.

Well done FC

[Fat Hen]

I've never eaten duck eggs, are they strongly flavoured :?:

[muntjac]

I've never eaten duck eggs, are they strongly flavoured :?:

 

not around here lol ..  

[WG.]

I've never eaten duck eggs, are they strongly flavoured :?:

I prefer them to hen eggs for everything except scrambling (where they seem to take on a powdery texture).

I think they have more flavour so some folks might call that 'stronger'.

[babe]

Got our first 2 duck eggs this weekend. So proud. Made lovely yorkshires. Had to seperate 2 ducks last night as Bertie was picking on one of the others. I assume (dont know cos its white and I havent looked you know where:shock: ) but I assume it must be another male. Anyway I moved 2 and they are getting on fine

how old are your ducks,

im starting to think mine must both be boys as not an egg in sight, all they do all day is chitter chatter to each other like a couple of old men over a game of dominoes

[mercury]

Got our first 2 duck eggs this weekend. So proud. Made lovely yorkshires. Had to seperate 2 ducks last night as Bertie was picking on one of the others. I assume (dont know cos its white and I havent looked you know where:shock: ) but I assume it must be another male. Anyway I moved 2 and they are getting on fine

Ducks quack, drakes don't, also drakes have a curly feather in their tail, hope this helps  

[muntjac]

:[/quote]also drakes have a curly feather in their tail, hope this helps  [/quote]

 not if they bolshy hens lol  

[Jellyhead]

Well only my Drake quacks and the others chitter chatter. 2 more eggs this morning so they are all getting the hang of it. I was trying to work out how old they are and I think they are about 30-32 weeks.  

[mercury]

Well only my Drake quacks and the others chitter chatter. 2 more eggs this morning so they are all getting the hang of it. I was trying to work out how old they are and I think they are about 30-32 weeks.  

If your drakes quacking, its a duck :?  how many birds have you altogether, and what breed are they :?:  

[slowef]

Good way also to tell the girls is by their head dipping when they are asking the boys if they fancy them  

[Jellyhead]

We have 5 ducks altogether. 4 white ones I don't know what make they are as they were bought in a French market by a friend of mine for my birthday. The 5th one is a mallard drake. See piccie. Well what dya reckon.

[slowef]

I think the head looks like Muscovy , bit more about them here  It says they make more hissing chattering noises than quacks so maybe we are on the right track

http://www.domestic-waterfowl.co.uk/mozzie.htm#mozzie

xx

[muntjac]

they are 100% muscovy ,they just need x back to the dual colour .they are really great birds ,and the maklard drake is at least 3 yrs old i think n veryyyy plump

[muntjac]

n juicy