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RE: The Perfect Homestead Duck! Ancona - A Rare Heritage Breed!
This is actually my first time seeing a duck egg. I never thought it was going to be similar with chicken eggs. If the eggs happen to mix up with chicken eggs, do you think you will be able to differentiate it?
Generally yes, especially if you know your birds. Also Ive never had ducks lay eggs where the chickens do, they seem very protective of their nest.
A big pile of eggs, an eggdentification challenge? That could get tricky.
Funny, I do KNOW my birds to the point of recognizing who laid what egg, to some extent.
They have a different size usually but also a different texture, the shell is much harder and smoother on a duck egg. We don't keep our ducks and chickens together but sometimes hubby collects them in same basket and I can always tell which are duck.
Good point! The texture tells.