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1 " To function well, feathers must be kept clean, and ducks need no bribing to take regular baths. "
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2 " There’s a reason Martha Stewart raises chickens and not ducks. Ducks consume a lot of food and water, and it all has to go somewhere. To put it plainly, these fowl produce copious amounts of wet droppings that have a truly unpleasant odor. "
3 " Domestic ducks, the kind you commonly see on our farms today, descend from two species only—the wild Muscovy and the common Mallard. "
4 " Whereas in the United States, the domestic duck still waddles about in the shadow of the immensely popular chicken, in other parts of the world—especially Asia—ducks are just as important as chickens in the lives and diets of humans. "