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For the first time to the country bought indoutok litter with his mother at the head, in the fall we will eat.
For pictures sorry - made for different soap dish.

9 photos + 1 video.

Thanks for the information wikipedia.org

Muscovy duck - a large species of ducks, wild populations are common in Mexico and South America. Domesticated in the same person, and brought to other parts of the world.





The name received from the old special properties attributed to allocate in the fleshy growths on her head fat allegedly musk scent. This smell is often mentioned by early writers, but is not known to modern.

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The plumage of the wild musk duck is mostly dark in color, except for a few white feathers. Pet birds are characterized by a variety of colors, and have several varieties - black, white, white-winged black, yellow and others.

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On the head, above the beak and the eyes, birds of both sexes located characteristic fleshy growths ("Coral" or "warts") red.

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Characteristic changes in captivity: an increase in body size.

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The bird has been domesticated in ancient times by ancient Aztecs, and later was introduced first in Africa, then to Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as Russia. On the territory of the former USSR, musk ducks were first imported in 1981 from the GDR, and then again in 1988 in France.

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In the former Soviet Union it is widely known as "indoutka", which means it supposedly originated from a hybrid of turkey and duck. This misconception has arisen due to the presence of male and female fleshy growths on the head, like a turkey.

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Bred man Muscovy duck thermophilic, avoid cold water reservoirs. It grows much slower than usual Peking duck.

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It is believed that musk duck less noisy and their meat lean and tastes better than the mallards and domestic ducks.

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Well, a little video. Quality and so was neahti and after the lost original, and had a copy of the deterioration of the pump back from the Internet ... in general show that there

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