Wow are they good for you or what????
I found this comparison on the Metzer site
It wouldn't let me post it spaced out in columns so I put a dash between the values. Duck Value first then Chicken
"Nutritional Comparison Between Duck Eggs & Chicken Eggs
Duck - Chicken
Water, grams 74.57 - 70.83
Kcal 185 - 158
Protein, grams 12.81 - 12.14
Lipids, grams 13.77 - 11.15
Minerals (in milligrams)
Duck - Chicken
Calcium 64 - 56
Iron 3.85 - 2.09
Magnesium 16 - 12
Phosphorus 220 - 180
Potassium 222 - 130
Sodium 146 - 138
Zinc 1.41 - 1.44
Lipids
Duck - Chicken
Total Saturated, grams 3.68 - 3.35
Total Monounsaturated, grams 6.52 - 4.46
Total Polyunsaturated, grams 1.22 - 1.45
Cholesterol, mg 884 - 548
Vitamins
Duck - Chicken
Thiamin, mg .156 - .087
Riboflavin, mg .404 - .301
Niacin, mg .200 - .062
B6, mg .250 - .120
B12, mg 5.395 - 1.547
A, IU 1328 - 520
Amino Acids, in grams
Duck - Chicken
Lysine .951 - .820
Methionine .576 - .392
Cystine .285 - .289
Threonine .736 - .596
Isoleucine .598 - .759
Phenylalanine .840 - .686 "
Duck Eggs
That's one of the reasons why I'm going to get ducks. The eggs are also AWESOME for baking!
did you see how high in B vitamins they are? The only down side is they are higher in cholesterol but lower in poly fat
Regarding cholesterol.....ducks eggs, for the most part, are also much larger than the medium or large chicken eggs that people use so you would use one duck egg where you would normally use two chicken eggs. I wish I could find someone in my area who has fresh duck eggs but so far no luck with that.