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Healthy ducks with the opportunity to free range and forage daily can easily live to be ten to twelve years old. However, hens only lay eggs for up to four years. This means we're continuously adding new girls to our flock to keep eggs in stock for our family and for our customers who frequent our farm stand.
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DO DUCK EGGS TASTE THE SAME AS CHICKEN EGGS?
Duck eggs taste pretty much the same as chicken eggs. The eggs and yolks are larger, more orange in color, and they have a richer nutrient level. Many people also like them better for baking.
HOW LONG DO DUCK EGGS STAY FRESH?
Duck eggs keep for about 2 weeks if kept cool and for about 6 weeks refrigerated. Duck egg shells are thicker than chicken egg shells so they stay fresher for longer.
HOW DO YOU EAT AND/OR COOK A DUCK EGG?
The exact same way you would eat and prepare a chicken egg. Continue to eat your eggs scrambled, over-easy, etc. In recipes, just be sure to account for the size difference (we count one duck egg as the equivalent of two chicken eggs when baking).
ARE YOUR DUCKS FREE RANGE?
We spend a lot of time chasing our ducks home from the far corners of our property. We believe they are happiest, and better egg layers, when they’re free to roam. They spend their day outside foraging for food, swimming in the stream and come into the barn only at night and during inclement weather for protection.
ARE YOUR DUCKS GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS OR HORMONES?
Our ducks are not given any antibiotics or hormones. They are also not given any medications nor chemicals to enhance productivity. The eggs are laid naturally.
DO YOU EAT YOUR DUCKS?
We are a vegetarian homestead which means none of our ducks are used for meat. We do not consume our birds nor do we sell them for consumption.
DO YOU BREED AND SELL YOUR DUCKS?
At this time we do not breed ducks for sale. Our hens have hatched their own young before but, because our birds all free range and are housed together, we do not have pure bred ducks; only a mixed flock.
Duck eggs taste pretty much the same as chicken eggs. The eggs and yolks are larger, more orange in color, and they have a richer nutrient level. Many people also like them better for baking.
HOW LONG DO DUCK EGGS STAY FRESH?
Duck eggs keep for about 2 weeks if kept cool and for about 6 weeks refrigerated. Duck egg shells are thicker than chicken egg shells so they stay fresher for longer.
HOW DO YOU EAT AND/OR COOK A DUCK EGG?
The exact same way you would eat and prepare a chicken egg. Continue to eat your eggs scrambled, over-easy, etc. In recipes, just be sure to account for the size difference (we count one duck egg as the equivalent of two chicken eggs when baking).
ARE YOUR DUCKS FREE RANGE?
We spend a lot of time chasing our ducks home from the far corners of our property. We believe they are happiest, and better egg layers, when they’re free to roam. They spend their day outside foraging for food, swimming in the stream and come into the barn only at night and during inclement weather for protection.
ARE YOUR DUCKS GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS OR HORMONES?
Our ducks are not given any antibiotics or hormones. They are also not given any medications nor chemicals to enhance productivity. The eggs are laid naturally.
DO YOU EAT YOUR DUCKS?
We are a vegetarian homestead which means none of our ducks are used for meat. We do not consume our birds nor do we sell them for consumption.
DO YOU BREED AND SELL YOUR DUCKS?
At this time we do not breed ducks for sale. Our hens have hatched their own young before but, because our birds all free range and are housed together, we do not have pure bred ducks; only a mixed flock.