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A small yellow duckling, held by a man in a blue shirt

a man and a woman stand by a farm fence under a tree while smiling

"They're not good breeders, the number of eggs they lay per year is very limited ... they're a much more challenging bird to breed."

A small flock of white ducks with red faces sits in a green field.

"One of our duck friends told us that hatching ducks is like practising black magic, and we thought, 'Nah, we can do this',"
she said.

"I don't think it's ever going to replace the standard Pekin duck — Pekins grow faster, they need less feed — but the Muscovy certainly has a place,"
he said.

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