Should I bother?

Anyone here raise fowl for eggs besides just chickens?
Any noticeable difference in taste/texture?
Is it worth it?

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IVE NEVER HAD GOOSE OR DUCK BUT I HAVE HAD OSTRITCH. IT IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT TO CHICKEN IN FLAVOR AND TEXTURE. IT WOULD STAND TO REASON OTHER BIRD EGGS WOULD FOLLOW SUIT.

Goose eggs are awesome for baking with. One goose egg is equal to about 3 chicken eggs, and their whites are usually denser as well. Duck eggs are great poached (and all sorts of other ways).
Anyway, it's worth it if you have the space for them. Geese are also great guard birds, they're very territorial and will chase people off your property.

My parents raise their own chickens, but the cost outweighs the benefits. The upside is that my mom treats them like pets and makes sure their feed is outstanding, which results in some high-quality eggs

I've never eaten a goose egg, but duck eggs are quite different from chicken eggs. They have a more intense flavor and make for richer baked goods.

How often do geese lay? Can't seem to find any solid info on that.

Interesting, I'd love to hear more. Where'd you get it? How large was it compared to a chicken's? How much was it?

I can't imagine duck eggs tasting very good. Those things literally eat garbage.

I'm allergic to chicken eggs. Think I can eat other eggs?

I've had duck eggs, they have bigger yolks so the are really tasty but I guess unhealthier.
And pic related, ñandú eggs are traditional here. Stronger flavor than chicken.

I've heard that many people who are allergic to chicken eggs can eat duck eggs. Google it, there's tons of info about it.

That's about what I'm reading. Got to go try it out.
Would reptile eggs be good to eat? I figure they'd have the embryo though.

HAPPY TO OBLIGE MY FRIEND. FIRSTLY, I DIDNT EAT THE ENTIRETY OF THE EGG AS ONE OSTRITCH EGG IS EQUAL TOO APPEIXIMATELY TWO DOZEN CHICKEN EGGS. MY PORTION WAS PREPARED IN OMELETTE FORM. THE TEXTURE WAS DEFINITELY MORE "DENSE" THAN YOUR TYPICAL LIGHT AND FLUFFY OMELETTE. HOWEVER, THE FLAVOR WAS FAR MORE COMPLEX THAN A CHICKEN EGG. IT WAS RICHER AND HAD MORE OF A MEAT PRESENCE IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. EGG OFTEN PLAYS SECOND FIDDLE TO ANOTHER PROTEIN BUT NOT THE OSTRITCH EGG. IT DEMANDS YOUR ATTENTION. I ATE IT IN CALIFORNIA WHERE EMU AND OSTRITCH FARMS ARE PLENTIFUL ON A FARM TOUR SO I CAN NOT COMMENT ON THE PRICE.

kill yourself

I've never heard of anyone eating reptile eggs outside of survival situations. I don't think they would be practical to "farm" for food given how infrequently the eggs are produced and the relatively high cost/effort of feeding reptiles compared to domestic poultry.

what, why?

DONT LISTEN TO THAT GUY. HE HAS SOME SERIOUS ISSUES AND IS A RESIDENT TROLL.

for replying to the capslock faggot. is this your first day on this board?

Can we just get back to talking about eggs?
There are some ducks for sale down the road and I want to know if it would be worth the bother.

>capslock faggot
I honestly dont give a shit and I don't see why anyone else would or should

if you don't care for the boardquality i have to ask you to leave. fucking newfag

Make me faggot.

All it is is just capitalized letters. Quit being such an autist.

I buy duck eggs at my farmers market for $3.50 / dozen. I think they have a richer flavor and of course are larger, so whereas I might eat 2 chicken eggs I'll have 1 duck egg. The shell is much harder to crack, though. I eat them fried, boiled, and as omelettes. I don't normally bake with them.

The farmer told me the reason people allergic to chicken eggs can eat duck eggs is because they're alkaline instead of acidic. I haven't bothered looking that up though since it's irrelevant to me.

$3.50 is cheaper than I thought a dozen would be.

I know a place where a lot of Canadian geese nest, do you think I can snag an egg or two from them or is that illegal?

Might not be illegal but I would worry about how healthy the egg is and if its safe to eat. Plus its probably fertilized if that matters.

Also the geese will probably kill you.

fuck off already to where ever you came from, this place is not for you

>le sekret klub
Sorry reddit, you're late by about 5 years for that.

This. They're territorial and mean as fuck. They're not likely to actually kill you, but they might certainly fuck you up.

are you actually defending newfags who post without lurking? you do know that people like you are the reason just why this whole place went to shit?

BIGPOSTING IS ACTUALLY QUITE COMFY. YOU SHOULD JUST ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE OUT OF PLACE IN THIS, AND LEAVE INSTEAD

Geese are fucking dicks, when I was a little kid they ganged up on me and attacked me then killed my mother, I now have a vendetta against geese.

Can you still hear the honking of the geese, Cla- uh, user?

Please.....don't bring me back to that day

Well, I'm in a real bumfuck backwater, a state with the lowest per capita income out of all 50, if that matters.

Also, I forgot to mention that I asked the farmer why doesn't he have goose eggs because I would buy them, and he said he looked into it but they're very irregular in their egg laying and it wouldn't be cost effective in terms of feed/production.

>people like you are the reason just why this whole place went to shit
Yeah, almost makes you want to.... LEAVE.

you're always free to do so

I'm not the faggot getting triggered by caps lock.

Shut the fuck up and talk about eggs you absolute faggots

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Kegg

One every two days

Anyone ever had bladybus eggs?

Yolk gets increasingly richer whilst white gets increasingly gelatinous.

*platypus

No

Doesn't sound worth it really then.

I used to get duck eggs from a farmer's market. Much better than usual eggs, but I suspect that has more to do with the freshness.

When I was a kid, my dad would take me to this island, where I'd hang out by myself for hours. I would take my shirt off, cover myself in mud, and chase geese out of their nests and steal their eggs. They were pretty good. I boiled them, or ate the yolks raw.

I feel like you should really talk to a psychiatrist, that shit is not normal.

My dad called it "The Island of Doctor Tomeau". My name is Tom.

This feels like one of those stories where the 'island' was really a room where you would get fucked by your dad and his friends.

All this hate against geese is from people that haven't owned one, I have.

Saying a wild goose us mean is uncalled for, its like complaining about someone else's dog.

A goose will defend its territory, but if you own it and have raised it yourself that thing will be your bro. My goose would chase off wild animals, then came over to me and sit in my lap while I pet it. They are great cause they will defend against anyone while your dog just needs a food bribe to stop.

Yeah, kids doing kids shit. Totally not normal, go to the fucking psychiatrist you 8 year old

Sounds like a regular kid thing to me. Unless you had a silver spoon stuck up your ass, then you did something similar.

I grew up in Alaska with a fucking river for my back yard, most I could do was fish. Had to go inside whenever a bear was eating our berries or if a moose was sighted.

>dad takes kid to a fucking island
>leaves him there all day
>apparently unsupervised
>normal
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>A goose will defend its territory, but if you own it and have raised it yourself that thing will be your bro

How is that relevant? user was asking about scavenging eggs from wild geese, not his personal pets.

Seagull
Get on my level

>A goose will defend its territory
>scavenging eggs from wild geese
>How is that relevant

Read his whole post, bro. He's basically saying "don't worry, geese are your bros".

That's not true. He's talking about "pets". user is talking about stealing eggs from wild geese, which makes comments about pets irrelevant.

I have a duck at home. Duck eggs, a you can see, are bigger than chicken eggs. They are also morr viscous and have stronger flavour.

Bugger egg also means you can fuck them easier.

>Read his whole post, bro
no

Lol..

We have a small flock of Marans in the yard, along with some other breeds. The eggs are superior to those we can buy in the grocery store. Can't objectively tell much difference between the Marans eggs and the other chickens. However, the asshole elitist in me feels smug and superior when I cook with them.

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It's all about diet. The reason your eggs taste better than store eggs is because your chickens are eating a better diet than the commercial layers from an egg farm. Breed doesn't matter much (for egg taste). Diet does.

Haven't seen turkey eggs mentioned yet, anyone tried them?

Was going to bring that up just now.
I've been told they dont lay that frequently which is why they're worth more to raise for meat.

For me, it's the Egg McMuffin, the best fast food breakfast sandwich.

Yeah, but French chefs supposedly prefer Marans. James Bond books mention them specifically. I read that the smaller pores of the shells makes them safer to eat raw. But, you're right, it's the official egg of pretentious assholes worldwide..

For me, it's the Egg McMuffin, the best fast food breakfast sandwich.

Were you trying out for a part in the stage version of "Lord of the Flies?"

true allergy?

i can't eat any kind of egg. it's not a real allergy but the protein in the white makes me vomit uncontrollably for hours

People mentioned goose hate more than stealing eggs from them, I never referenced a post about the eggs. Just correcting the misconception that goose are just angry hate machines

Eh, that's about what i pay also.

>making duck egg eggnog for christmas

I just recently made an omelette with a goose egg. was alright

i fucking hate current year

Dude just talk to someone about what your dad did to you

I love your dialectic

You don't raise seagulls, those are not your eggs, and you are an annoying Norwegian faggot

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>409% OF YOUR DAILY CHOLESTEROL

GOOD THING DIETARY CHOLESTEROL HAS NO EFFECT ON YOUR HEALTH EH LADS

EAT UP

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaaa

so its an intolerance then

Stop. I will get my revenge on them soon enough

This for real
>dad throws my ass on an island
>'h-he just wants me to have fun...'
>smear self in shit and mud
>fully convince myself this is normal
>eat raw eggs from random bird nests because apparently dad didn't bother even giving me a lunch
>tfw he probably came back and was disappointed that I was still there/alive

>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaaa
Back to Facebook, Normie.

Topfuckingkek

kill yourself

I would love to see you try this

The only egg better than chicken eggs are turkey eggs.

My old man used to raise emus.
I remember eating plenty of the eggs and meat groing up. I don't remember how any of it tasted though.

Apparently the Japs are in on this joke, too.

I like this guy, he is both vocal AND informative!

>replying to the faggot caps poster

Kill thyself immediately

Hi-speed stuff

they'll rip you to shreds, but sure, go try

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Fucking A, Guy, quit yelling