8 week runner duckling choking

[Jenbirdee]

Use the starter feed.
Both pellets and crumble can be made into mash. Pellets take more water and slightly longer to become mash.

Start small since it swells A LOT.
Try 1/4 cup crumbles to 1/4 cup warm water. Mix, wait 5 minutes then stir. It should be the consistency of cooked oatmeal. It can be a bit wetter since it's a duck. Chickens pick food up and ducks will "filter feed" as well as pick food up.
You will quickly find what works for her.

Be sure to discard uneaten wet feed to avoid bacterial growth which can kill them.

I serve only what my birds will eat in an hour or two.
For a duckling you may need to repeat the wet feed twice a day.

Thanks!!

 

[21hens-incharge]

I just found this

Interesting. I am glad he seems reasonable.

Most youtube videos make me cringe at the bad advice.