. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 522 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING The Muscovy is notorious for its pugnacious, quarrelsome nature, and for this reason it is frequently inadvisable to keep them on the farm with other poultry. The temper of the drake is violent, indeed; he will fight with another drake, inflicting serious harm, if possible; and his persecution of other poultry is unceasing and abominable. Unlike Pekins, the Muscovy is a strong flier, and when fright-. Fig. 321.—Indian runner ducks. ened, they will fly into trees or into high places of concealment where they remain for long
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 522 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING The Muscovy is notorious for its pugnacious, quarrelsome nature, and for this reason it is frequently inadvisable to keep them on the farm with other poultry. The temper of the drake is violent, indeed; he will fight with another drake, inflicting serious harm, if possible; and his persecution of other poultry is unceasing and abominable. Unlike Pekins, the Muscovy is a strong flier, and when fright-. Fig. 321.—Indian runner ducks. ened, they will fly into trees or into high places of concealment where they remain for long periods of time. When bred, they must be kept in yards by themselves, care being taken to clip their wings to keep them from flying. The flesh of the Muscovy compares favorably with that of any other duck, if eaten young, but they cannot be credited with laying so many eggs as some of the other Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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