Re: Jill - The Duck Lady

On 21 Jan, 10:14, "Jill" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
babypink2...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Jill

a friend of mine has just bought a plot of land and was thinking of
having some chickens and ducks for egg purposes only.  I happened to
mention I had a duck many moons ago mainly a family pet, and we had
one egg a day for years.  But they tasted so strong I could not eat
them as a "chucky egg" but only in cooking.  I have watched the recent
TV and someone mentioned that different ducks deliver different
strength of taste in their eggs.

What good laying ducks would you recommend, that you could eat as the
egg as a fried or "chucky egg"

Ta

Julie

PS:  Are chickens and ducks ok to keep on an allotment or is that not
a good idea?

Julie
I replied to this last night but it seems to have evaporated

Ducks are great fun, I am never so happy for them to be on their own, as
they are such fl*** creatures, but many have survived well enough. They also
need clean deep water every single day, and in an allotment situation that
can be difficult.
Its not impossible, though, and many people do what is necessary to provide
it for their birds.
Ducks are excellent slug and bug munchers so welcomed in many garden
situations, but they do work the ground hard so need lots fo space otherwise
the ground can turn into muddy mess.
The eggs are a quite different texture and are best poached, omeletted, or
used in baking. The white goes quite rubbery when fried
Its not true that different breeds give different tastes, all breeds are the
same species - except the Muscovy which can be quite different in alsorts of
ways. They are all derived from the Mallard. It is feeding that changes the
taste. And that includes the water, and the ground they are on as they will
be constantly dibbling away and the bugs in the grass and ground. The telly
programmes are giving poultry keeping a high profile, its just a shame the
presenters and researchers are so blooming ignorant. They are grossly
misleading people over and over again, but then we are all used to that
these days, whatever our field of expertise. :(

Chickens are possibly easier in an allotment situation, you are not having
to get rid of so much water every day.
They will also eat the bugs and grubs, produce brilliant activator for the
compost, scrummy eggs and are great characters.

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regards
Jill Bowis

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Thanks for that Jill, the guy John his response was a bit of a funny
one to my initial question.

Yes, I agree ducks are fabulous, watch this space!!!
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