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| Duck Food |
| Got hungry ducks? Well you have come to the right section. Here are a few tips on what and how to feed your duck and what NOT to feed them. If you can't find what you're looking for here, try the link's page, Metzer-Farms should be helpful feed-wise and QuackersHomePage too. |
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| Your duck will need to eat from a small variety, just like you need to too. Your Duck will need a form of Waterfowl feed, all depending on the sort of duck you have and what you intend to do with it, for instance "layer" Ducks will need different requirements to "meat" ducks and so on. Don't get confused, If your not into specific requirements from your duck it's fairly simple to attain some waterfowl feed from a local feed supplier. Note not many feed suppliers cater for ducks but I'm sure if you politely asked them to bring some in they would do. For all those who ARE wanting specific requirments, check my links page to find out the perfect feed ratio. |
| Some favorite foods of ducks are: * Insects- can't get enough of those slugs, snails, grasshoppers etc.. * Pond Plants- yeah, you know the really expensive ones that have been reduced to a muddy stump? * Left over veggie scraps- Potato & Apple skins galore! (no stones) If you feel like treating your ducks, then any of these things will really please them! |
| Ducks usually when out "free Ranging" in the yard or farm forage for tasty bugs like snails etc.. A good thing thats fun for all, Is to hang a low-watt bulb in the middle of the yard at night so all the moths and flying insects get attracted to it, then watch your duck's antiques and they have a delicious midnight feast. Pond plants. There are VERY few pond plants that ducks wont eat, some of these can be obtained from the "links" section, And don't think getting plants that grow right on the bottom of the pond will stop them, you will be surprised where those ducks can get too! Veggie Scraps are a nice snack for your ducks, Everything thats "veggie/fruity" (apart from large stones and pips) will do your ducks good. |
| Things not to feed your ducks, is bread, yes its true, Bread because it is made from yeast and yeast is a type of fungi and fungi is basically a mould, and a huge killer in ducks is, you've guessed it, mould. sure a little bit now and then is fine, but bread alone or included as a main part in a meal isn't a good idea at all. Another one not to feed your ducks is solely dogfood or catfood, yes some people feed their ducks petfoods which is wayyyyyy to high in proteins for a duck, so don't even think about it. If your duck is low on protiens feed it bugs, see above with the moth light idea. Medicated Chicken food is also a killer in ducklings and not healthy at all for your duck, so avoid them. |