Can chickens and ducks have milk?

[centrarchid]

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I do not think brand makes different. Just watch for scours / "the squirts" and stop feeding if they develop.

This post not liking my preferred word choices which are so much more descriptive.

 

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

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I feed mine any type, though they normally just get that sour-tasting "vanilla flavored" type that comes in a big container.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

This is off topic

, but when I read the title, I thought you were asking if chickens and/or ducks could have milk! Like a cow or goat!

Thanks for the laugh!

 

[centrarchid]

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If pigeons, doves or hoatzins, then a form of milk production would be involved.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

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If pigeons, doves or hoatzins, then a form of milk production would be involved.

What? I am so confused.

Birds can have milk?

 

[centrarchid]

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If pigeons, doves or hoatzins, then a form of milk production would be involved.

What? I am so confused.

Birds can have milk?

Those mentioned above can produce a chemical mix, that is very similar that produced by mammals, and it is that mix their offspring consume at least initially. Although lactose is not a major component.

 

[Judy]

Some birds feed their newly hatched chicks what is sometimes called "crop milk." It is the contents of their crop but it contains no milk. More info about this is in the linked article on the first page of this thread.

 

[centrarchid]

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If a bird does produce a crop milk with lactose of some other carbohydrate, it is likely to be the hoatzin. It is not likely to have seeds mixed in as a carbohydrate source. Crop milk lacking calcium seems improbable. Where are the chicks getting their calcium from during that first week post hatch?

 

[Cat Water]

Be very careful with the milk if it causes gas because I know that ducks cannot pass gas. That would be very uncomfortable for the duck and also it can lead to death.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Last Summer our milkcow was fiving at least 1 1/2 Gallons a day, so we had plently of milk! We couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Alot of it was going bad because we weren't using it, so we started making cheese, butter, lotza pudding etc. Well when we made Vinegar Cheese there was the Curds and Way, so I got to feed the Way to my chickens. Super healthy and helped their egg production by 100%!