TBH Fleecewife, Muscovies have more in common with geese in most respects than ducks.
Our geese used to do practice take-off runs up and down the field to stretch their wings every morning, but never tried to fly......
...... until one day, Gandalf was caught by a sudden gust of wind, which carried him, airborne, over the fence into the next field. The problem then was that he couldn't work out how he'd done it, or how to get back to his ladies!