Muscovies are the best duck breed for eating bugs. The ducklings actually hunt flies, mosquitoes, fleas and ticks - one of the primary reasons why I chose the breed, because we live in serious tick country here.

Also, Muscovy ducks are unusual in that they roost like chickens, have claws on their webbed feet, and their meat is said to have a similar taste and texture to fine veal. They are really more closely related to geese than to true Mallard-type ducks.