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mine will hunt out all the weeds in the yard. their favorites are dandelions and crab grass. my neighbor has a ton of crab grass and we laughed and were like "call the ducks over! its their favorite!!" lol.
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a minnow trap??? my ducks like grab some grass, hold it in their bill, the release it into the water. while they are in the pool you can see them hanging out of it grabbing grass and then once it gets nice and wet, they eat it. they are hilarious!
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bread is empty nutrionally for ducks and just fills them up without offering them anything, so then they end up not eating the food they need. i have also heard that it can cause some internal problems but i'm not sure about that. my ducks shouldn't be able to fly, the fat little...
my ducks will pretty much ONLY eat watermelon. we give them anything else, and they look at us like "you're joking right? where's the watermelon?" they came running one day because i was wearing red gloves, poor things thought they'd get a nice treat!
I have four pekin ducks and they LOVE watermelon but i'm trying to find some new treats to give them. online, i saw a website for treats you can give chickens and among them was oatmeal and yogurt. i was wondering if ducks could have the same things. thanks!