Poultry eggs, a review

I've had goose eggs and they are OK, but I found the albumen to be rubbery, that's the best I can describe it. They're big eggs. They're not my favorite. They'd probably be better scrambled but I like runny yolks and the albumen fully set when I eat eggs. So not my favorite eggs. I never had enough to "play with" to try different ways to prepare them.

Homegrown (fresh) chicken hen fruit I have all the time and they are soooo much better than chicken ranch eggs from the supermarket no matter what claims are written on the carton to get someone to buy. They are much higher quality and as my wife will attest to I'm extremely picky about my eggs.

A local chicken keeper has started to sell both chicken and duck eggs and I never had duck eggs before. They are my new favorite egg. They have a much higher ratio of yolk to albumen and that's exactly what I want on my 1/2 slice of low carb toast. The over easy eggs go on top of the toast and the duck yolks are exceptionally creamy. I still like homegrown chicken eggs but duck eggs are better on my toast. I won't turn down a good chicken egg.

If you ever get a chance to try duck eggs, if you like a runny yolk, I highly recommend them. For those who can't tolerate chicken eggs duck eggs have a different protein and might be tolerated better.

Guinea fowl eggs also have a high yolk to albumen ratio and are delicious when they can be found. They are a denser egg. They don't lay in the coop (I allow true free range and they can wander up to 1/4 mile away) but instead they find where THEY want to lay. And as stupid as they are they can count, so it seems, and will abandon a nest if they catch me taking the eggs. One year I didn't find the nest until late and all the hens lay in the same nest. When I did find it it had over 130 rotten eggs in it. The garden appreciated the tilling in of the stinky little grenades (pop, pop, pop!).

Yep, I agree! Duck eggs are amazing! I also like the amount of yolk they have.

We are lucky in that we have little hobby farms all around us and can get excellent chicken and duck eggs very economically. Still, this year we got ourselves some chickens and a couple of ducks. I'm hoping the chickens lay enough for our use.

The ducks were brought in because my daughter wanted ducks. I read that they eat slugs and so I was all for it. They have certainly cleared our garden of slugs. However, they are also a lot of trouble. They tear up the landscaping and their poop splatters everywhere. They are real messy eaters too. Still, I'm enjoying having them all.

Yep, I agree! Duck eggs are amazing! I also like the amount of yolk they have.

We are lucky in that we have little hobby farms all around us and can get excellent chicken and duck eggs very economically. Still, this year we got ourselves some chickens and a couple of ducks. I'm hoping the chickens lay enough for our use.

The ducks were brought in because my daughter wanted ducks. I read that they eat slugs and so I was all for it. They have certainly cleared our garden of slugs. However, they are also a lot of trouble. They tear up the landscaping and their poop splatters everywhere. They are real messy eaters too. Still, I'm enjoying having them all.

Chuckling...

Yeah, they have perpetual diarrhea. One needs to watch where one walks. And they make a mess with water... always. That's why I don't have any ducks. But any poultry are fun to have around and yes, ducks turn slugs into something useful. That was why I considered them, then thought better of it with our climate and their love for water. I saw disaster at -20°F.

If I remember correctly you're in the Pacific Northwest so maybe not so much for you, but guinea fowl poop is rather dry and totally unlike goose, chicken , duck poop. They came from Africa and their systems handle water differently than other poultry.