Who likes caruncles?

[fowltemptress]

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."

 

[Miss Lydia]

Can you tell I love them?

 

[Papaye]

Hello.

Well... when I was a kid, I really did not like caruncles : I found them ugly and seriously disgusting. Especially because of the red colour...! (Blue caruncles, for my child's mind, would not have been so shocking!)
I think that is the case for a lot of children...?

I'm an adult now, and I don't really care anymore.
I think all birds are charming and beautiful because how they look... even with their "ugliest" parts...!

But I think my mom doesn't like caruncles, because she doesn't want me to adopt Muscovy ducks : she tells me she doesn't like them.

...I never thought caruncles to be looking like "Zorro mask" until I read your thread?!
Now, they look a bit cooler to me!! Ah, ah!

 

[fowltemptress]

Moscovys are more related to geese then ducks making them a fake breed lol

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 seems to have taken over the internet.

Edit: Whoops, MGG beat me to the punch!

 

[Amer]

Once @Kessel23 and I came up with an abomination: a Muscovy built like a Runner with a racing stripe of a caruncle down either side. (Inspired by the fact that I have seen Muscovies with random caruncle on their bodies)
I of course had to draw it. It was my lock screen pic for years.

 

[MGG]

Moscovys are more related to geese then ducks making them a fake breed lol

That's not true, they are scientifically classified as ducks and can produce offspring with other ducks. Geese and ducks cannot produce offspring. They don't look or act like typical ducks but that doesn't make them a "fake breed".

 

[Rose the Legbar]

As a young child I first saw these ducks in a pond and I loved their funny looking faces. I still adore this breed of duck and I love seeing all the unique caruncles that each duck has.

 

[ruthhope]

I think they're fun. Like others have said though, I'm not a fan of the extreme ones.

Muscovy are not related to geese. They are derived from Wood ducks whereas other domestic ducks are derived from Mallards. Muscovy are the real thing!!

 

[ruthhope]

With a handsome boy like this, how can I not like carruncles?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Here's Moose. His girls haven't really got much yet for the most part, but they're only about 6 or 7 months