Age to switch ducklings from crumble to pellets

[Eric_W]

Thinking ahead a few weeks to transitioning my new babies from the starter crumbles (Manna Pro Duck and Gosling Starter) to a 16 pct Maintainer pellet. What age they can safely eat the pellets?

 

[Eric_W]

This is what I want to give them. It's excellent feed and Niacin is 45 mg /lb but they don't make the flock maintainer in crumble form. https://www.kalmbachfeeds.com/products/16-flock-maintainer-non-gmo-pellet

 

[Miss Lydia]

Isn’t it 3-4 weeks they rec switching from starter to finisher? I usually just feed non gmo layer and starter mixed at 50/50 and my babies all stay on starter to they are laying age since in the Non gmo that’s all I can get.

 

[Eric_W]

Isn’t it 3-4 weeks they rec switching from starter to finisher? I usually just feed non gmo layer and starter mixed at 50/50 and my babies all stay on starter to they are laying age since in the Non gmo that’s all I can get.

Oh ok. I was thinking after 2 or 3 weeks I should cut their protein to like 16 or 18 so they don't get angel wing. This starter they're on is 22 pct which is high. So I should mix that with the Flock Maintainer? Dudley is my only one that gets the Maintainer , the rest of my flock gets the non gmo layer pellets.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That’s what I would do.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wish I could get an all flock in non gmo but I feel blessed to even find this in my small town

 

[Eric_W]

That’s what I would do.

Sounds good. Thank you! Look how big they're getting.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are precious ❤

 

[Eric_W]

They are so funny when they get running around in there. The geese run like mini dinosaurs and then the tiny penguin looking runners ripping around behind them lol. I could watch them all day.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It’s hard to pull yourself away I know! My Runners are like little clowns. My geese well it’s breeding season hard to find much nice things to say about them lol