- if the muscovies end up mating with the other ducks, the ducklings will be sterile mules which are supposed to be very good for eating. Grow to the size of the male m's very quickly apparently, as they're sort of sexless I suppose. My muscovies keep themselves pretty much separate from the aylesburies, at least they did until the duck was sitting her eggs , then I saw the drake with one of the aylesburies...... The muscovy drake roosts way up in the trees - they're very good fliers, and different from all other farmyard type ducks - most ducks are descended from the mallard, but the muscovies are a south american perching duck! So not closely enough related to have fertile progeny, but apparently in the far east they've been breeding the m's with say, pekin type ducks for the table duck market for years. And in France, barbary duck is a delicacy and is of course muscovy duck.
I like the muscovies the best, love the noises they make , and their wildness. Good luck with the ducklings! Rhona