Quail eggs have more yolk and protein. Telisak said a dozen of her eggs go for about $5 a dozen. Once you use special scissors to crack the egg open, the taste is familiar.

Duck vs chicken egg nutrition. As we mentioned above, duck eggs are quite a bit larger than chicken eggs, meaning they contain more calories. But that’s not the only metric worth looking at.

Why egg prices are surging across the U.S. "But before that, a hen, a good about-to-start-laying hen, would be about $20, and they were more like $40 in the thick of COVID," Telisak said.