What is the difference between duck and hen eggs?

Question

What is the difference between duck and hen eggs?

Answer 1

just be careful when buying duck eggs if they are not very fresh they can cause serious food poisining, hens eggs last longer. Also duck eggs have pourous shells and can absorb chemicasl and other illness causing substances into the egg itself, make sure the supplier is a good one.

Answer 2

duck eggs are white

Answer 3

duck eggs are speckled and smaller

Answer 4

Tnspacelady is soooo right!

There are some other differences, such as shell colour, size, yolk colour, flavour, etc.

Answer 5

A duck lays duck eggs and a hen lays hen eggs.

Answer 6

Duck eggs are LARGER, tend to taste a bit stronger and make custards and sponges taste richer. I thoroughly recommend them.

Answer 7

they come from different species of bird.