Can ducks eat garlic?

[Crafty-Duck]

I have heard that giving chickens some garlic water once a week is good for them but I have been holding off because I don't know if ducks can have garlic,does anyone know if it's safe for ducks too?

Thanks

 

[blondiebee181]

Absolute NO-NO's
• Bread, bread products, popcorn, pretzels, chips, crackers...
• Cookies, cakes, ice cream, sugared snacks or processed food products...
• Seeds, nuts, seeded breads or crackers (causes a painful reaction similar to diverticulitis in humans), pits...
• Chocolate, onion, garlic, spices, spicy foods, alcohol (do I have to even mention that?)...
• Colors, dyes, additives, chemicals, preservatives...

copied and pasted from:
http://www.liveducks.com/duckcare.html

hmmm...

Heh, if this were true my ducks would be dead, and so would all the ducks we feed our old hotdog buns to at the park pond. They don't really like bread actually so they don't eat it. But they do eat (I should say WILL eat) popcorn, chips, crackers, seeds(especially sunflower) and basil(they LOVE basil) I don't obviously feed them chips and crackers or popcorn often but once in a while they will get what's left in the bottom of the bag...most of what I hear about feeding onions or garlic is that they will flavor the eggs, not cause sickness...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Obviously an older post, but for those curious about some basic dos and donts with ducklings vs chicks. Try going here;

http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2012/02/basic-duckling-care-raising-healthy.html

I doubt she would recommend a brand by name that has garlic in it if she thought it would hurt a duckling.

I crush one of my dog/cats brewer's yeast with garlic tablets and sprinkle it over my lil Pekin's food (one tablet, once or twice a day depending on how many babies you're feeding. Once a day works for my two). So far it hasn't bothered them.

I use nutritional yeast and granulated garlic in my flocks fermented feed been doing it for close to 3 yrs now.

Thanks for the link and we also have our own care guide here on BYC
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/750869/raising-and-caring-for-ducklings#post_10611711
Welcome to BYC!

 

[MDon240]

I was always told Asparagus is to humans, as onions, garlic and other bulb stuff like daikon radish does to ducks.
Remember when we used to think excessive carrot consumption would turn you orange? lol.

But to be quite frank, if all it did is make the eggs smell more sulfuric, wouldn't that be a 'defense mechanicsm' bred into eating diet deterring predators from eating that particular flock of bird? Unless your fox is Emeril Legaci I don't think wild animals don't like seasoning. BAM!

 

[Crafty-Duck]

Anyone

 

[Crafty-Duck]

 

[kellypepperk]

hmmm, I'd like to know too - we've got a glut of garlic right now!

 

[kellypepperk]

Absolute NO-NO's
• Bread, bread products, popcorn, pretzels, chips, crackers...
• Cookies, cakes, ice cream, sugared snacks or processed food products...
• Seeds, nuts, seeded breads or crackers (causes a painful reaction similar to diverticulitis in humans), pits...
• Chocolate, onion, garlic, spices, spicy foods, alcohol (do I have to even mention that?)...
• Colors, dyes, additives, chemicals, preservatives...

copied and pasted from:
http://www.liveducks.com/duckcare.html

hmmm...

 

[donnavee]

I've seen mine nibbling on the garlic chives in the garden. Not sure about regular garlic, but I doubt it would hurt them.

 

[donnavee]

I've seen mine nibbling on the garlic chives in the garden. Not sure about regular garlic, but I doubt it would hurt them.

Sorry, didn't see the other post, so I guess garlic is not good for them.