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Any color is easy to breed, some are harder to obtain stock for,... but a good specimen, caruncled or not, is not as easy to come by. Making MORE in a bird that wants to breed and perpetuate the species isn't hard, it's keeping quality up that is difficult. Even if you aren't looking for a show duck there are certain things, that in my opinion, a muscovy must have. First, remember they are a meat duck. This means they should be large, grow quickly, and put on ample muscle. I've seen a lot that don't but they were pretty colors. Guess how much they sold for at auction? $2. Less than the cost of the feed it took to raise them to that age.
Now,.. birds that looked about the same age but were much larger sold for better prices, but still not great- females around $5 and males around $6 or $7 with some large males that appeared to be several years old and heavily caruncled sold to an asian fellow for $17 each.
Regardless of purpose, if you are raising them it behooves you and your animals to aim for quality specimens. If you don't want caruncle, fine, but in my opinion there is a lot more to breeding than just color or you end up with an unthrifty, purposeless, duck.... and there aren't enough ducky pet homes in the world for all the muscovies raised.
I do prefer the show type, however. Also, per the APA standard, caruncle that causes problems seeing is a serious fault.""
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Any color is easy to breed, some are harder to obtain stock for,... but a good specimen, caruncled or not, is not as easy to come by. Making MORE in a bird that wants to breed and perpetuate the species isn't hard, it's keeping quality up that is difficult. Even if you aren't looking for a show duck there are certain things, that in my opinion, a muscovy must have. First, remember they are a meat duck. This means they should be large, grow quickly, and put on ample muscle. I've seen a lot that don't but they were pretty colors. Guess how much they sold for at auction? $2. Less than the cost of the feed it took to raise them to that age.
Now,.. birds that looked about the same age but were much larger sold for better prices, but still not great- females around $5 and males around $6 or $7 with some large males that appeared to be several years old and heavily caruncled sold to an asian fellow for $17 each.
Regardless of purpose, if you are raising them it behooves you and your animals to aim for quality specimens. If you don't want caruncle, fine, but in my opinion there is a lot more to breeding than just color or you end up with an unthrifty, purposeless, duck.... and there aren't enough ducky pet homes in the world for all the muscovies raised.
I do prefer the show type, however. Also, per the APA standard, caruncle that causes problems seeing is a serious fault.""
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