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    I need help with homemade feed

    I use both peas and lentils, but of the two they prefer the peas.
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    I need help with homemade feed

    Yes, I buy all of the grains dry so that I can grind them smaller. The birds of course love them cooked/wet but I only feed them that way if we have leftovers from a dinner that we are unlikely to finish, so it is a rare treat. Now they also get fresh moist oats and peas from the fodder system...
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    I need help with homemade feed

    Our ducks adapted well to the chicken feed mixture we made them. We now have 8 more ducks that never gave us any trouble eating the grain mixture. Our two original ducks are healthy adults. The female lays an egg a day even this late in the year. Both of our original ducks are Mallards and...
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    I need help with homemade feed

    Thank you for your suggestions. I thought I'd share an update to my problem, just in case one day it proves useful to someone else. I am extremely sensitive to exposure to gluten (unfortunately) and the negative health effects last 3 months plus or minus a little bit. Risking any exposure to...
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    I need help with homemade feed

    I have a very large brooder full of a dozen 4 week-old chicks, and two week old ducklings. I also have Celiac disease and very serious reactions to even the slightest exposure to gluten(wheat, barley,etc.) which is in all the commercial feeds. So when we got our chicks we began making our own...
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