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To: Red_Devil 232
Greetings from southern New Hampshire!

Thanks for the link. I passed it on to the Dutchess and my Mom who lives in Las Cruces, NM.

The Dutchess now has moved the dinner table into a corner to create space for a 6' by 2' X-pen for our five Maran pullets. They are growing like weeks and have attitudes. She says that they plan to either spend the winter in our dining room or the local Holiday Inn. I ask all of the pullets if they are ready to either make a contribution to breakfast or a committment to supper!

Long weekend coming up. I need to finish the expansion on the coop. The duck hens are now producing large duck eggs.

5 posted on 10/07/2011 5:29:16 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: Redleg Duke

Do you eat the duck eggs, or are you going to hatch them?

I used to raise peacocks and peahens. Never got any of their eggs to hatch, but we used a lot of them in baking. I don’t have a lot of (any) experience eating eggs from other fowl, but I’m told that peaacock eggs are mild, like chicken eggs, but duck eggs have a “strong flavor”. Since I’ve only tasted chicken and peacock eggs, I can’t tell you what I think of duck eggs.

But, peacock eggs are terrific for baking (they are big). They make a nice, high, cake and make terrific zucchini bread. I suppose you should actually measure them if you have a sensitive recipe.


8 posted on 10/07/2011 5:47:07 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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