Duck food

[Smallbone12]

When i first bought duck food it was the purina flock raise crumbles, when I bought the 2nd bag its start and grow non medicated,. I think I bought the wrong bag of food. Help!

 

[PirateGirl]

How old are your ducks? They can probably eat the start and grow and you can just buy the right bag next time. What percent protein is the start and grow?

 

[Smallbone12]

My Mallard is 4 wks yesterday, my other 3 are 2 wks-ish maybe 3 wks, I'm not sure what the protein % is due the fact that there are so many ingredients

 

[Smallbone12]

This is the .25lbs bag of food

 

[PirateGirl]

It is 18% protein, which is the same as their flock raiser. Many people feed their ducklings chicken feed without any problems. I would pick up some nutritional yeast from the grocery store to sprinkle on top, 1 tablespoon per cup of food, to be sure they are getting enough niacin with the start and grow feed. Then I don't think you have anything to worry about. I wouldn't bother with trying to return the feed or anything. If it's pellets and they are too big for the ducklings you can crush them or run them through the food processor to make them smaller if you need to.