duck food recommendations & advice needed

[Puddingtheamericana]

i’ve got two almost 9 week old ducks meaning i’ll be moving them outside and switching them over to a 13-14% protein feed since their adolescent now. I can’t find any good duck feed online so if anyone have any recommendations that’d be nice, preferably something i can order online.

another issue i’m having is that our ducks are going to be housed in the same run with our chickens, and my chickens are pigs. not to mention duck feed has a lot more niacin in it than chicken feed and i’m worried the chickens are going to eat the duck food and consume too much niacin. i’ve seen chickens and ducks housed together before, so i know it’s possible. any advice on how i can house both animals together with their required food?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I'm a big Mazuri fan and you can buy online

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Do you have Tractor Supply? They carry Purina duck.pellets.

 

[ruthhope]

I don't want to chime in on duck food on line as I buy mine at a local feed store. But I can answer your question about chickens and niacin.

Niacin is water soluble and chickens' [and ducks' for that matter] kidneys will flush out an intake greater than their requirements. So you need not worry about your chickens eating the duck food

 

[Puddingtheamericana]

I don't want to chime in on duck food on line as I buy mine at a local feed store. But I can answer your question about chickens and niacin.

Niacin is water soluble and chickens' [and ducks' for that matter] kidneys will flush out an intake greater than their requirements. So you need not worry about your chickens eating the duck food

we have a local feed store real close to us but they don’t sell duck food only chicken and horse stuff. if i can’t find any duck feed online i might just get some chicken feed and brewers yeast

 

[Duckiiess]

I've been very happy with Nutrena all flock pellets for adolescent/ adult ducks. Was feeding the Purina duck pellets before I found that. It has the same protein, more niacin, and is a little cheaper to boot.
The ducklings get purina flock raiser with nutritional yeast. Both get cat food here and there, more so in the winter for some added B vities/ niacin. During the summer they're eating plenty of bugs to make up for it.
There's no such thing as the "best" feed, it depends heavily on how your birds do on it.

 

[salshep20]

I'm a big Mazuri fan and you can buy online

expensive feed!! LOL but good

 

[fatty and friends]

kalmbach duck and goose or mazuri waterfowl maintence are the best feeds for ducks

one of my girls will not eat mazuri but if yours will it may be easier since it floats? that way you can feed it in water so that the chickens do not get it

 

[HeatherKellyB]

My big ducks always ate Purina Flock Raiser until I was unable to find it in Pellets locally (the Crumbles started to make them cough anytime they'd eat but Pellets solve that problem). I switched them to Southern States Floating Waterfowl Feed and they really like it a lot. I purchase nutritional yeast and sprinkle it on their feed. My bantam ducks eat Purina Duck Pellets. All of my duck flocks have oyster shell and crushed egg shells available for extra calcium needs whenever they're laying.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I've started mixing with Purina Duck Pellets now that my TSC is carrying them.