[john and helen]

I feel a little gutted… after a few weeks of having my duck lay her eggs, i am getting a reaction

I said to helen, on a few occasions , that after tea, i started to feel bloated and then sick..we where both eating the same meals…. helen has been fine

last night we both had chicken eggs, and we where fine…today i had a duck yolk and the sickness has come back,

totally gutted as they taste sooooooo good

i have just read that it has something to do with the different protein 

[shygirl]

i presume you are feeding them a food suitable for human food chain? ie not "growers" or anything?

[fsmnutter]

I know exactly how you feel, and I'm sure it is a different breed protein if you are usually fine with chicken eggs.
I have very similar reactions to  milk, gut cramping, sick feeling, and eczema rashes when encountering 'raw' dairy produce, though since the age of 12, cooked dairy such as cheese on pizza has been OK in smaller doses.
This is the reason we got the  as their milk has always been fine.
Maybe just an excuse to get some more  ?

[Backinwellies]

Oh .... hope that doesn't happen here ...I love duck eggs...... 5 duck eggs a day at the mo  (are selling well so far too!)

[tizaala]

Duck eggs can be very dangerous because the shell is porous, so they absorb all sorts of toxins from where the get laid, my Bro in law was nearly killed by a bad one  , anaphylactic shock, heart stopped, adrenalin injection into the heart to get him kick-started again, can't ever eat another egg now.

[suziequeue]

I didn't realise that growers pellets made the eggs unfit for human consumption? 


Can you clarify please shygirl?

[Bodger]

Mrs Bodger can't eat duck eggs, she too finds them too rich. She'll be pleased to know that she's not alone. Me? I can eat anything.

[john and helen]

chickens and ducks both on layers pellets and corn , like i said, no problems with chooks eggs ,

didn't know that about the shells Tiz… but very interesting,  she does lay on straw that is changed every week,
and the eggs collected every morning,,

totally gutted though..they taste wonderful , and talk about golden orange yolks

[shygirl]

I didn't realise that growers pellets made the eggs unfit for human consumption? 


Can you clarify please shygirl?

some brands of growers have extras added, ie hormones, growth promotors, that make them grow quicker and you should change onto layers or finishers for before eating the eggs or meat, therefore going through a withdrawal period.
thats how i understand it anyway.

we have raised poultry with and without the grower feeds and theres a big difference in growth rates.
just a thought

[ellied]

I've never been able to eat duck eggs since childhood when we apparently had ducks, tho I don't remember the ones concerned, only my pet ones later on.  They were always "too rich" for me, whatever that means, but I have stomach related issues already so don't like to push my luck these days!  Anyway, the non-duck-egg-eaters aren't alone 

Perhaps you need a couple more hens, I would definitely say at least one more and two would integrate better than a solo newbie in the flock.. 

[john and helen]

when we move i will be getting 20 + more  also il'e start rearing ducks for the table   

[in the hills]

Duck eggs upset my tum .... feel sick and generally ill after eating them. Rest of family are fine with them. I can eat hen and quail eggs no problem. Looked it up once and found that they do contain a different protein so came to the same conclusion as you ... must be that.

[ballingall]

Does how they are cooked make any difference? For example, I would always use duck eggs for baking, or making pancake batter rather than having them as fried eggs.


Beth

[doganjo]

Does how they are cooked make any difference? For example, I would always use duck eggs for baking, or making pancake batter rather than having them as fried eggs.


Beth

I was going to ask the same. When I sold them, or gave them to folk before, I used to tell them they were better for baking than hens eggs, but I had one wee 9 year old who came with his pocket money every week to buy them for himself to eat. 

Mine were on straw too, but topped up every day as they got so mucky, and eggs lifted daily (about 10 am)  too,  so they were always clean.

[NicandChic]

So far we've had ours boiled, fried, scrambled & today our first mint duck ice cream 

We always make sure they are well cooked - no runny yolks, our 2 girls lay their eggs on straw within a plastic tub (my two toilet in one area of their barn - other than when outside) I collect them when I let them out around 9-10am, give them a wash & scrub with cold water & rinse with hibiscrub - antibacterial soap, dry them with kitchen roll then pop them in the fridge.

It maybe how their cooked effecting you