Do Ducks eat Silage?

[WannaBeHillBilly]

what happen with it did they eat it? you should also grow azzola and duck weed. I need to see if it fermits after drying like corn does at some point.

Oh, i tried to grow duckweed! - Why do you think it is called "duckweed"?!

The ducks go NUTS for that stuff! Which means they eat it all up in an instance. It is more popular than peas, meal-worms and french-fries together!
I had another pond, hidden in the woods where duckweed was growing all by itself and i tried to grow duckweed on my main pond in 2019 … no chance. The ducks will eat it before it even has a chance to grow.

Fermenting that stuff? - I don't know, the water content might be too high for that. You don't ferment the fresh cut grass into silage, it has been dried for ½ -1 day and is half on its way to become hay. Having too much moisture in the fermenter may promote the growth of dangerous bacteria, like botulinum (yes, those producing botulinum toxin).

As for the azolla ferns, they are all of tropic origin and non native to West Virginia. If i drop a single plant of that into one of my ponds, i would have committed a misdemeanor, punished with a hefty fine. I could grow these in hydroponic containers and i am sure they would grow like crazy, but would the ducks eat that? And if it turns out that the ducks like that stuff, how would i keep the ducks out of these containers?

 

[Pollo Blanco]

• Have you ever smelled silage? - It is a mix of vinegar, sweaty feet and goat-fart

So i made real silage in a plastic bag, but the ducks don't liked it. Never tried again.

The ducks we used to hunt ate it and they tasted like silage!
I'd be afraid that it would make the eggs taste bad.
We fed our ducks food with some sort of grubs in it and I didn't like how the eggs tasted.
The dogs didn't mind!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The ducks we used to hunt ate it and they tasted like silage!
I'd be afraid that it would make the eggs taste bad.
We fed our ducks food with some sort of grubs in it and I didn't like how the eggs tasted.
The dogs didn't mind!

When we moved here in 2018, this place was overrun with Stink-Bugs! They were everywhere outside and inside of the house and they do stink!
Then we got the ducks and they quickly took care of these. I have never noticed any difference in the taste of the eggs with or without the ducks eating stink-bugs. - Or the tadpoles, the lizards, the toads - anything! Their eggs are delicious and far better than store bought eggs can ever be - unless you buy eggs in the store to which i sell them that is…