Wannabefree...guess what I got in the mail today!?!?!?!?

[Wannabefree]

And we shall find our first disagreement with that statement...they're hideous birds but anything that tastes like beef is a friend of mine...well...until I kill it and eat it I guess...

 

[sumi]

LOL they look lovely to me, but then I never owned any! I'm a fan of runners, those things are so cute…

 

[Wannabefree]

I've had runners too, adorable an prolific layers, just not much meat.

 

[sumi]

I won't be eating them though. DS would KILL me lol

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Count me in the group that thinks Muscoveys are... uh...less than adorable! But if they taste good...who cares?! I will admit that I had one once - decades ago. He was a he and I didn't have a she for him - so he thought my hens were a good substitute. Call me old fashioned but I don't go for that cross-species stuff, LOL!!!! And, my hens didn't either!

 

[sumi]

I really wish I took a screenshot of that advert I saw for Muscovies on an online advertising site in South Africa. They were described as "Duck-like animals"

 

[frustratedearthmother]

duck-like - lol! Describes them pretty well!

 

[NH Homesteader]

My husband thinks they're horrifically ugly but I think they're adorable! I've been told they're not ducks but I still call them ducks. I am so curious how they taste.... I had ducks but we never ate any because they're sooooo hard to pluck, and we're kinda lazy.

 

[Wannabefree]

The Muscovies are really for the breast meat, not as oily as other duck meat, and similar to roast beef in flavor....from what I've been told...anxious to taste for myself...

 

[NH Homesteader]

I can't wait to hear a report!