Years ago, I always raised a couple hundred Muscovy ducks for both egg and meat production. At the time they were the only duck on the market where the meat wasn't greasy. Egg production slowed in the late summer, even though I would pump the protein to them. Selling duck eggs were slow on the market; but the meat flew off the tables.
I heard two toms up on the knoll raising all kinds of hell Monday. They was a battle going on. One had a bloody head, he chased the other into the brush. Been hearing gobbling, while working in the woods, the last week. Seems a little early.