eggs
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From: Pyrannah
10-Apr-23
two years in a row i came across goose eggs and thought about taking one or two to try them out..
curious if anyone here eats them and what they might taste like?
From: Wildan2
10-Apr-23
I never been that hungry!The will be fertilized and who knows how "far" along they are;think meat with your eggs. I have eaten fresh domestic waterfowl eggs;very rich,equal to two chicken eggs.
From: 70lbDraw
10-Apr-23
“I never been that hungry!The will be fertilized and who knows how "far" along they are;”
In the Philippine islands they call that Balut. If they taste like they smell, I’d say you probably won’t like it!
From: 70lbDraw
10-Apr-23
“I never been that hungry!The will be fertilized and who knows how "far" along they are;”
In the Philippine islands they call that Balut. If they taste like they smell, I’d say you probably won’t like it!
From: WV Mountaineer
10-Apr-23
Ditto on wilddan. They are a good egg. Rich yellow.
From: Corax_latrans
10-Apr-23
Except for the federal protections regarding migratory waterfowl…
We have a few swans out here…. I recall seeing a cob destroy a goose nest and eat the eggs… which were developed to the point that he was eating goslings. Kinda weird watching him gulp them down, head-first.
From: Don T Lewis
10-Apr-23
In the wild. In a survival situation. You can eat any egg. Turtle, duck,Goose, Turkey, fish. Just follow the old rule of thumb. If it smells bad don’t eat it! ;)
From: Zbone
10-Apr-23
Yeah, the whole how far along are they thing grosses me out...
From: Pyrannah
10-Apr-23
lol yeah that's fair, crack it open and a mish mash of egg and goose parts, may be a bit off putting...
i'll just leave them alone
thanks!
From: Jethro
10-Apr-23
You can put the eggs in a pail of water. If it sinks you're ok. If it stands upright or suspends, could be iffy. If it floats you could have feathers in your scrambled eggs.
We have an egg depredation permit at work to keep the resident geese eggs from hatching. In the 10+ years, I never wondered about eating one.
From: APauls
10-Apr-23
They just taste like a big chicken egg. No idea why anyone wouldn't eat them?
From: Boreal
10-Apr-23
We wound up with an African goose with an angel wing (long story). It was supposed be a male but I went out to the barn on morning and found a big white egg in the straw. It tasted just like a chicken egg and while she never laid eggs regularly, if a horse didn't step on it, I cooked it up. There's a girl down the road that gives us duck eggs. They're fantastic! Thick leathery whites and deep orange yolks. Stronger taste than chicken eggs to be sure but delicious!
From: Highlife
10-Apr-23
Duck eggs are great for baking with
From: spike78
10-Apr-23
I have Muscovy ducks and the hens lay 1 egg a day for like 10-12 days then lay on the nest to hatch them at day 10-14 so for that many days the eggs are sitting before she even sits on them. The eggs will be good for those days or else no chick would grow. The bowl method as noted above is the way to go.
From: fdp
10-Apr-23
Duck eggs, goose eggs, and Turkey eggs are all excellent.
My wife prefers duck or goose eggs for any kind of baking.
From: JakeBrake
10-Apr-23
Wild Goose eggs are great! So are wild Turkey eggs Sandhill crane eggs are even better ????
From: Seahorse
10-Apr-23
Since you said, "came across", I'm guessing you are talking about wild goose eggs. Like Corax_latrans mentioned, you are probably flirting with multiple federal felonies, just by touching migratory bird eggs.
From: Pyrannah
10-Apr-23
never touched em... seen em twice last yr once this year..
From: Zbone
11-Apr-23
Anybody ever been close to a Greater Canada Goose nest? Be prepared for a fight from both parents, I had to get close to one while working on the phone lines at a golf course and didn't think I was going to get out of there alive...8^))) Being humanized on that golf course they were not afraid of people...
From: Shuteye
11-Apr-23
Very easy to candle them to see if they are good. It takes 21 days to hatch a chicken and 28 days to hatch a duck. I have hatched hundreds of ducks, chickens, pheasants and quail.
From: woodguy65
11-Apr-23
We eat duck eggs quite a bit - lady down the road from us has both ducks and chickens. We get 3-4 dozen duck or chicken at a time, she almost gives them away she has so many. The fresh eggs will last minimum 2 weeks unwashed (bloom intact) at room temp. After wash - several month refrigerated. I'd Prolly pass on the goose eggs.
From: Sean D.
11-Apr-23
My grandma use to use goose eggs to make homemade noodles, they were fantastic
