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Post by dirtsunrain on Apr 8, 2010 12:42:25 GMT -5
My ducks are laying pretty well now. I have a few breeds...runner, khakis, cayugas...also geese and speckled sussex chickens. The Cayugas are young birds and have just started laying. They lay a beautiful dark grey egg with blacks spots and swirls. The first eggs were amazing with their darkness of colouring and later eggs are becoming a soft greyish green. I had fun over Easter giving away real coloured eggs. The ducks did all the work. Attachments:
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 8, 2010 14:07:57 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this on HG, Jo.
I just love the Cayuga eggs, although something I read after speaking to you about them, told me that the first eggs are very dark. After a while, they lighten in colour?
Still beautiful birds, even if they don't produce charcoal shells forever.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 8, 2010 18:53:43 GMT -5
Wow Jo! Those are awesome! I find the guinea eggs really intriguing. They are speckled and I've noticed that after being in the fridge the speckles sort of bleach out.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 8, 2010 22:04:54 GMT -5
Those are Freckles, Jo. Freckles are Special  BTW, Turkey eggs are speckled as well. I remember the first laid of the year being a little pale and the eggshell itself being chalky and a bit rough. But after a few, the speckles became more pronounced and the eggshell quality improved and became smooth and shiny. |
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Post by flowerpower on Apr 9, 2010 6:22:54 GMT -5
Those are some really cool looking eggs.  The big white ones are the goose eggs? |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 9, 2010 6:39:56 GMT -5
Those are Freckles, Jo. Freckles are Special BTW, Turkey eggs are speckled as well. I remember the first laid of the year being a little pale and the eggshell itself being chalky and a bit rough. But after a few, the speckles became more pronounced and the eggshell quality improved and became smooth and shiny. ;D Yep, you are TO right about freckles, it's the only physical trait my sons have inherited from me!  The shell thing it interesting! We got a couple eggs during the first couple days that were "chalky". There was also one that was very soft and the shell part was cracked though the skin underneath was in perfect condition. Fascinating! |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 9, 2010 8:34:33 GMT -5
Mmmmm, Fried Goose eggs with toast. Betcha can't eat just one, but two might be too many FP. |
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Post by flowerpower on Apr 10, 2010 7:00:15 GMT -5
I don't even eat the duck eggs fried- just use for cooking. I've never a big egg eater. When I was about 7, my stepdad cracked open an egg and a half -formed chick fell out. That pretty much turned me off to eggs. If I eat eggs twice a month, that would be alot.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 10, 2010 7:48:04 GMT -5
Guess you wouldn't care to try balut huh?  I can feel for ya on that one Lynn. I want to use my eggs to make French macaron. I need to get almond flour and I need to read up on how to correctly age the whites. |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 10, 2010 13:32:47 GMT -5
Yep, had that same problem at my house once. Someone visiting collected the eggs for me while out walking around. It was a few days before I would eat eggs again, and only after I broke the eggs from that basket into a bowl one by one, to inspect them first.
I candled eggs for customers but not for myself. I guess this was the one time I should have done them all, lol
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 10, 2010 16:12:08 GMT -5
A SERIOUS "opps"  Speaking of which... we gotta candle our eggies tonight... |
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Post by dirtsunrain on Apr 10, 2010 19:05:41 GMT -5
Blue, you're gonna like this...
On the weekend of the 24th, I'm heading over to Ottawa. Steve and I are attending a chicken auction...if you havent noticed, we're a bit cuddly these days.
On the trip home, I will be the chauffeur for a box of blue laced red wyandotte chickens. Would you like me to take pictures? or maybe take the long way home and cruise by Niagara??
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 10, 2010 20:44:12 GMT -5
Yeah, that would be the L-O-N-G way home..wooooeeeeeee. Besides, I'm involved in Flower Show and conference that weekend. But thanks for offering to swing by!
Pics will have to suffice. I miss my Wy's the most of the Standard breeds.
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Post by flowerpower on Apr 11, 2010 7:19:46 GMT -5
Jo R, there is no way I would EVER eat balut. lol But I am a very picky eater in general. Basically, if I don't like the look or smell of something, I won't eat it. I already told Blue that the next chickens I am getting are the BLR wyandottes. They are gorgeous. I already have a bunch of the gold laced. But I'm keeping my eyes out for one silver laced this yr. They don't lay huge eggs, but they look beautiful. |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 11, 2010 9:47:50 GMT -5
Jo R, there is no way I would EVER eat balut. lol But I am a very picky eater in general. Basically, if I don't like the look or smell of something, I won't eat it. I already told Blue that the next chickens I am getting are the BLR wyandottes. They are gorgeous. I already have a bunch of the gold laced. But I'm keeping my eyes out for one silver laced this yr. They don't lay huge eggs, but they look beautiful. ::laughing:: Did you have to look up balut? I read about it in a wierd food blog and looked it up several years ago. I nearly fell out of my chair when I found out what it was! There are worse things, but I shant go there! The BLR Wyandottes are indeed beautiful to behold. I really like the looks of the Amerucaunas. We have a pair of the dark colored ones (can't think of the official name) and I THINK (they are still to young for me to tell) that we have a pair of Wheaten Amerucaunas as well. I like the looks of the Barred Rocks, but they are so mean to the other chickens that I don't think I like them any more. Bottom line, NEXT time we go to the state fair the poultry tents will have a WHOLE different meaning to me! I can hardly wait! |
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The big white ones are the goose eggs? 
