It does make their poop green. Very green! It's also watery, which we assume is because of the mass amount of water they are consuming when they eat it. (we float it in water to make it more enjoyable/easy to eat)
Green treats that they would find free ranging or pastured can be given in unlimited amounts. These include kale, dandelion greens, parsley, chard, worms slugs and bugs.
When I have babies ducklings or gosling I take about 1/8 cup and mush them in my hand so they are tiny [meal worms not the babies] and feed them.I usually start them off topped on their feed then as they get larger just give them to them right out of the bag. The only problem with giving treats is you have to be careful they are eating their feed for most because that's where they are getting their complete vitamins and minerals from.It does make their poop green. Very green! It's also watery, which we assume is because of the mass amount of water they are consuming when they eat it. (we float it in water to make it more enjoyable/easy to eat)
Also, a question about meal worms. I know that I should regulate protein intake to prevent angel wing. But I am unsure of how many live worms I can safely give them.
Darn me and my inexperience.
Oh, great! I've been giving them somewhere around 6 live worms per day! Good! Now they will keep our mealworm population down.
Sounds good to me.
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