Do you agree that the Muscovy duck is the ugliest duck breed?

[Painted Calls]

Just my ramblin thoughts...quite a few breeds have some different "looks" goin on. Turkeys for sure, but also even pigeons. Some pigeon fanciers absolutely love & seek out the ones with wattles some would not deem attractive. Some pics...see how some look sleek while others get sort of gnarly looking as they age. It's just interesting. I think it makes them look older & wiser. Beauty surely is in the eye of the beholder, though. Some folks visiting, that never really saw pigeons up close before, thought they had tumors or cysts.

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What kind of pigeons are those? I've never seen that kind before.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I love the Muscovy!
I wonder what folks who don't care for the caruncles think of Turkeys, then?
They're sportin Caruncles, Beards & Snoods!

What's that saying?
Has a face only a mother could love?
Well, I guess we've all got love blinders on, we are bird mamas.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

What kind of pigeons are those? I've never seen that kind before.

Racing Homers

 

[Painted Calls]

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I've never seen them with faces like that before.

 

[Isadora]

I love the Muscovy!
I wonder what folks who don't care for the caruncles think of Turkeys, then?
They're sportin Caruncles, Beards & Snoods!

What's that saying?
Has a face only a mother could love?
Well, I guess we've all got love blinders on, we are bird mamas.
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I love turkeys. But I grew up raising them and I'm very used to how they look. I only saw a moscovy for the 1st time a few years ago and I had never seen a duck with caruncles before. I don't think it will ever look normal to me.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I've never seen them with faces like that before.

Usually happens with age, some more pronounced than others. Kinda reminds me of how some humans age, some don't appear wiser, just seem to be losing fight with gravity...yup, some more pronounced than others

 

[Painted Calls]

Usually happens with age, some more pronounced than others. Kinda reminds me of how some humans age, some don't appear wiser, just seem to be losing fight with gravity...yup, some more pronounced than others

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Ahhh I love that movie!

 

[Painted Calls]

Ahhh I love that movie!

Makes sense - thanks!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Some chicken breeds have some interesting combs. RIR vs Wyandottes for example...was just going over & cleaning the nooks & crannies of Jaylin's Wyandotte comb yesterday & it took a lot longer than Casanova's RIR comb. They both looked mighty dapper afterwards with VetRX sheen, though. If you share your life with various types & have affection for your flock, it doesn't matter if others may think some are odd looking. They all make me smile. I'm thinking I may be smiling at some Muscovy Ducks in my yard come Spring.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

It's just so hard to keep up with muscovy math.
They are advanced in multiplication

Avian mathematics! Advanced students!