It is true there are some benefits to having muscovies on the farm (see 10 Real Benefits of Keeping Muscovy Ducks), but I wouldn’t keep these ducks again for meat or eggs. Muscovy ducks are often a top choice for many first-time duck owners as they are a well-known breed.
Once I have the meat processed I can do whatever I want with it. …
Muscovy ducks are the only domesticated duck which is not descended from the mallard. Muscovy Duck Muscovy duck is a connoisseur's duck offering a thin skin and richly-flavored, dark-red meat. 10 Years.
I raised 8 kept 4 for breeding and processed and ate the rest myself. Muscovy breeds are popular because they have stronger-tasting meat—sometimes compared to roasted beef—than the usual domestic ducks which are descendants of the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). It is true there are some benefits to having muscovies on the farm (see 10 Real Benefits of Keeping Muscovy Ducks ), but I wouldn’t keep these ducks again for meat or eggs. This unusual looking duck has been kept for hundreds of years and is a staple, for many indigenous peoples of South America adding eggs and meat to their diet. A large, succulent and tender breast with a leaner meat than regular duck, and a taste closer to a red meat.
The meat is lean when compared to the fatty meat of mallard-derived ducks, its leanness and tenderness being often compared to veal . And, being so lean, meat from the Muscovy duck is not greasy as is the case with other ducks. Last updated on August 30th, 2019 at 01:22 am.
The Muscovy duck is an unmistakable sight with its bright red caruncles. Mar 18, 2012 #2 jdywntr Songster. Muscovy breast meat is 99 percent lean and the skin of our duck has 50% less fat than the Moulard or Pekin varieties! A 4 lb. They were among the first ducks that we kept here on our homestead. Ducks are much more difficult to pluck and eviscerate than chickens, thus the higher price per pound. I just stick the whole bird in there and process it. Muscovy has the highest yield of any duck available and 50 percent more breast meat than other ducks. The Muscovy ducks for sale below come from farmers who use traditional methods and allow the ducks to grow to full maturity in open barns, without any hormones or antibiotics.
They are delicious.
I am now obsessed with them and am trying to start a muscovy meat production.
If anyone is interested in some meat.. has got any advice... i would be happy to hear it kind regards will. Others say it is hard to tell from other expensive cuts of meat. I am now obsessed with them and am trying to start a muscovy meat production.
Then the meat is falling off the bones and I get an amazing chicken/duck stock that I use to cook with. Muscovy breeds are popular because they have stronger-tasting meat – sometimes compared to roasted beef. Every homestead could use a few of these wonderful ducks! The Muscovy Duck has been domesticated for centuries, and is widely traded as "Barbary duck".