Darlene Update

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

Duck eggs are bigger (which you have no doubt already noticed), and they are "tougher" than chicken eggs. I mean, you don't have to break out a hacksaw to cut them or anything, just be ready for a slightly different texture than what you're used to.

Otherwise, I always used them just like chicken eggs Mostly fried, because scrambling them made for sort of rubbery scrambled eggs, and I just didn't much care for that. It only took two of them with some toast ir biscuits  and grits to make a breakfast for me, where I would usually eat anywhere from 4 to 6 chicken eggs for breakfast in those days.

You might want to avoid baking with them. I dunno, that's uncharted territory for me, but their more solid, substantial texture might change the consistency of baked goods if they are used for that purpose.

I also liked them hard-boiled, but everyone is different. I'd suggest you try a sample of one before going to town on them in any particular cooking method.

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I greatly appreciate the information. My Brother always liked ducks but he had never raised any before. 

I swear they have personalities. He was having trouble with the hawks and the coyote taking the ducks and chickens. He put Rocky in the run with them and he hasn't lost a chicken or a duck since.

Rocky is so good with them. He usually comes in when it gets dark, after they go to their coops. But my Brother got caught in traffic and did not get home before dark to secure them in the coop, so he asked me to go over and lock them in.

He did not expect Rocky to be out with them. But there was Rocky. Protecting them all, out in the pitch dark. Rocky stayed with me until I locked them all in, then he led me to the house. 

He is really a good dog. He got a steak that night.

The juvenile coyotes are feeling their Cheerios. They make the weirdest noise when they get together at night. They make more noise than rock and metal heads drunk out of their minds.

One of my neighbors just got a donkey, so maybe that will reduce their activity in the area. If I was younger, I would get a donkey as well. We have two donkeys out here, with the new onslaught of juvenile coyotes, we need about 10.