So I'd been reading about how to build wheatgrass growing fodder to grow into 7 day mini-seedling plants and then feed it to ducks and chickens. And also ducks.
But I wanted to ask how hard it is to train the ducks to eat this?
It seems like a good, cool plan. And I really want to make this happen, because the idea is you are taking 1 pound of grain and turning it into 7 days growth of seedling fodder that ends up as about 5 pounds. And this is fairly the same with both wheatgrass and the black oil sunflower seeds.
Its cool right?
Trading 20 cents for a dollar. At least it should work. And I've seen videos of people doing this with tons of farm animals. And with us going into a food crisis this year, I think its a great idea also because I've seen the price of wheat go up recently.
But how hard will it be to get them to accept this?
I ask because it took me about 2 days to get the ducklings interested in oatmeal. They did eat it and were find. But it took a bit of prodding each time until the end of second day they were trying to wolf it down. I normally feed them the normal chick starter stuff, but supposedly at around 3.5 or 4 weeks you are supposed to have something with lower protein in there to prevent wing deformation. (Hence, oatmeal is lower protein.)
I also had done some experiments with giving them grass already but they didn't really eat that either. (I didn't pursue this too aggressively yet, thinking I'd come back later.) But it raises the question of, will it be hard to get them into this? Is there a trick to getting them into new foods?
But I wanted to ask how hard it is to train the ducks to eat this?
It seems like a good, cool plan. And I really want to make this happen, because the idea is you are taking 1 pound of grain and turning it into 7 days growth of seedling fodder that ends up as about 5 pounds. And this is fairly the same with both wheatgrass and the black oil sunflower seeds.
Its cool right?
Trading 20 cents for a dollar. At least it should work. And I've seen videos of people doing this with tons of farm animals. And with us going into a food crisis this year, I think its a great idea also because I've seen the price of wheat go up recently.
But how hard will it be to get them to accept this?
I ask because it took me about 2 days to get the ducklings interested in oatmeal. They did eat it and were find. But it took a bit of prodding each time until the end of second day they were trying to wolf it down. I normally feed them the normal chick starter stuff, but supposedly at around 3.5 or 4 weeks you are supposed to have something with lower protein in there to prevent wing deformation. (Hence, oatmeal is lower protein.)
I also had done some experiments with giving them grass already but they didn't really eat that either. (I didn't pursue this too aggressively yet, thinking I'd come back later.) But it raises the question of, will it be hard to get them into this? Is there a trick to getting them into new foods?
