muscovy duck meat, white or dark meat? When and how to butcher?

[thoeffel1994]

Is muscovy duck meat white or dark meat? I heard if the bird is white feathered its better for eating, is this true? If so what is different from the white feathered vs dark/multicolored feathered birds meat? When and how to butcher them? Any things you have learned from raising them the first time that u wish you had known when you started raising them?

 

[needlessjunk]

I am going off of reading things so I have no personal advice. From what understand light feathers equals a nice light looking skinned bird when dressed. Dark feathers means dark skin and it isn't as nice looking. Ducks in general are a dark meat bird however I have never eaten any. I believe most free range/traditional birds have more dark meat than factory farmed.

 

[Paigej]

Muscovy is a red meat similar to veal. I'm raising muscovy for the first time to butcher as well so I don't have advice for you yet...there's a great YouTube channel called 50 Ducks in a hot tub and he shows how he butchers his muscovies. Good luck

 

[Amykins]

Muscovy is a red meat similar to veal. I'm raising muscovy for the first time to butcher as well so I don't have advice for you yet...there's a great YouTube channel called 50 Ducks in a hot tub and he shows how he butchers his muscovies. Good luck

Oh, we here at BYC know all about 50 Ducks in a Hot Tub. Mainly how he takes terrible care of them and is a belligerent pig who reacts to veterinary advice with contempt and will sic his followers on anyone who tries to give him advice on how to provide his animals with a better quality of life.

 

[Paigej]

I see...I didn't realize the forum already knew about him. There's only a couple videos online of the killing and butchering of muscovy and he's one of them.

ETA: I read through the entire thread about his channel and gotta say his ducks are still treated better than ones that are factory farmed.

 

[Amykins]

He doesn't treat angel wing, doesn't treat for niacin deficiency (not anymore, anyway) and has way, way too many birds than he can handle. So forgive me, but he leaves a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to duck welfare.

 

[farmeristas]

He doesn't treat angel wing, doesn't treat for niacin deficiency (not anymore, anyway) and has way, way too many birds than he can handle. So forgive me, but he leaves a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to duck welfare.

I thought i was the only one!!!!!!!!!
I recently started following youtube chanels and i see that this people are a kind of beggers like donate to feed the ducks!!! *** go to work i really love ducks but am working my #$%# to get my farm this year and i see this is a common habbit between these channels!!!