I have heard show quality muscovies have insane caruncles, but I've never seen them. The worst I've personally seen was on my boy Putin, and I still thought he was handsome. He was getting to the point where he looked as though he had a turkey's head. If I ever had a bird with caruncles so bad...
But that's not even remotely true. Muscovies are related enough to ducks they can breed and create hybrid offspring. Muscovies cannot breed and create hybrid offspring with geese because they are not closely related enough. But I do understand the confusion - that's one of those weird myths that...
My husband was the same way, but he lets me have my way in pretty much all things poultry related. Recently we were watching our ducks together and he said, "You know, muscovies are really pretty ducks."
They're such charming, sweet ducks that I think eventually he just quit noticing the caruncles.
I was just thinking about muscovy caruncles and wondering how many other people like them? My family thinks they're hideous, but ever since I was a little girl I've been enamored with the ducks with the "Zorro mask."