They all get tree spoons of cat-food and three spoons of mealworms every morning and every evening. I am using the spoon that came with the cat food, it says one spoon is one meal for one grown up cat. So they get 12 spoons of cat-food/mealworms per day for 17 ducks, that's not too much i think. Over the day they have much more protein from all these
pesky grashoppers but they have to work for it.
Feeding too much protein will not have as much negative effects on fully grown ducks as feeding too much carbs (cracked corn!) or fats. Too much crab's and fats make the ducks fat and lazy, only during the Winter time i offer them cracked corn for dinner to keep them war during the cold nights. The downside of a too protein rich diet is the horrible smell of the stuff that comes out of the other end of the duck…
And its the same as with us "humons": The kind of food is not so important as long as you are using the calories you are gulping down. My dad ate a lot of lard and never developed any health problems due to it, because he was working hard in construction. My ducks have the duty to mow the grass on over 500m² (>5000sqft) and keep it free of ticks and other pesky insects, so they are running around a lot. They also have to till and fertilize all wet spots, so that i can sow some tasty stuff in there…
The last two days were an exception: It was so hot here that they were sitting in the shade most of the day, panting.
