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Muscovy Ducks and Brown Chinese Geese
We have pasture raised goose and duck available in late summer and early fall. Our old fashioned method
for raising geese and ducks mean all are free range and chemical free - and that provides you with healthy
and nutritional food value! Goose ranges in size from about 6 - 12 pounds dressed. Duck varies in size.
| Comparisons |
Moisture % |
Protein % |
Crude Fat % |
Energy
cal/100g |
Cholesterol*
mg/100 |
Goose, domestic,
flesh only, roasted |
60.0 |
33.3 |
9.6 |
220 |
62.5 |
Turkey, all classes,
flesh only, roasted |
61.4 |
31.5 |
6.1 |
190 |
82 |
Chicken, roaster,
flesh only, roasted |
63.0 |
29.5 |
6.3 |
183 |
60 |
Duck, domestic, total
edible roasted |
52.3 |
22.8 |
23.6 |
310 |
70 |
Pork, loin chop, lean
and fat, cooked |
43.9 |
29.4 |
25.6 |
357 |
70 |
Beef, ribeye steak,
cooked |
39.7 |
19.9 |
39.4 |
440 |
70 |
Beef, hamburger,
lean, cooked |
64.6 |
30.1 |
4.0 |
163 |
70 |
Perch, Atlantic
breaded & fried |
58.9 |
19.0 |
13.3 |
227 |
60 |
Salmon, Chinook,
canned |
63.9 |
19.6 |
14.0 |
210 |
60 |
| * Cholesterol values
are for raw meats - data unavailable for cooked products |
Muscovy Ducks
Fertile Duck Eggs: $2.50 each
Ducklings: $5.00 - $7.00 each - depending on age, straight run only.
Adults: 12 weeks and up - $10.00 each
General Information
A top choice for homesteaders, Muscovy ducks are easy to manage, quiet birds that are simply a delight to own.
They are personable, intelligent and calm. Muscovies don't quack,
the hens chirp softly and the drakes hiss, and only when they have to -- they don't chatter endlessly like
geese, or crow like roosters. .
A unique duck, Muscovies are the only domestic ducks that aren't derived from mallards.
They come from South America and are tree birds rather than water birds. This means that they do not
need a pond to swim in. Muscovies also fly but they fly around, not away. Being bigger and heavier than other ducks, flying
gives them large and powerful breast muscles, and strong, meaty legs. Muscovy breast looks like a
fair-sized steak, you wouldn't guess it was duck.
Size
Large size duck equal to the White Pekin in size.
Description
Sometimes known as the "Barbary Duck". They come in several colors,
white, white and black, blue, chocolate and white. Because they fly very well, so they need
to be wing-clipped or pinioned
Egg Production
Excellent egg layers and sitters. Large size white color eggs with a harder shell then most duck eggs.
Temperament
Gentle temperament in general. Hens may get aggressive when sitting or raising babies.
Noise Level
The most quiet of all ducks. Muscovy's don't quack, they have a low hiss, that sounds
like a snake or steam, it's not very high pitched or loud and most of the times it can hardly be heard.
Swimming Needs
Minimal.
Ease to raise
Very easy to raise. A full-grown drake weighs about 15 pounds, and a duck up to 9-10 pounds.
Muscovy hens can set three or four times a year, with clutches of eight to 21 eggs. The eggs hatch after 35 days, the birds are ready to eat 70 days later, or any time after that.
The meat yield is higher than any other duck, with 50% more breast meat, which is 98% lean, and the
skin has 50% less fat than other ducks.
Ease to keep
Very easy to keep - Muscovies are exceptional foragers who clean up what other barnyard animals
waste.
Special Remarks
Exceptional asset to the homesead for fly control and eating slugs from the garden. A Canadian study of fly controls with dairy calves found that Muscovies caught 30 times more houseflies than commercial flytraps, baits or flypaper. The ducks also ate spilled feed so flies couldn't breed in it.
The Heifer Project Exchange quotes a development worker in Togo in Africa reporting that the local people were not bothered by flies because their Muscovy ducks killed them all. They slaughtered some ducks, opened the crops to see what they'd eaten, and each one was filled with hundreds of flies. (ECHO)
Additional Comments
Muscovy hens make exceptional foster setters/mothers for Khaki Campbell eggs.
Muscovy duck as meat is different from other duck - it has a delicious taste and meat quality that is unrivaled by any other
breed, truly gourmet!
ABOUT
Brown Chinese Geese
"The Lord bless thee and keep thee...."
- Numbers 6:24
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