Duckies Favorite Treats?!

[DuckDuckPromise]

Hi there!!! I hope everyone is having a blessed day! I want to give our duckies some treats, and I’m not sure what to start with. I gave them some banana, and they really didn’t care for it! Any other ideas and suggestions?! I’m all ears!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mines favorite of all is dried mealworms, next would be romaine lettuce, dry dog food [salmon and pea] tomatoes homegrown.

 

[Isadora]

Anytime I'm digging in the garden, I'll save some worms and all the grubs I can find. Those ducks if mine go bonkers for the wiggly slimy stuff.

 

[ruthhope]

I have one muscovy that loves water melon, the other ducks not so much; they all like defrosted frozen peas; most like cherry tomatoes. My ducks will take off my arm if I am slow to give out mealworms once the ducks have seen/heard/smelt the mealworms! I am going to buy some live mealworms next time I see them at the pet store and see if they like them. So far, I have just given them dried mealworms.

 

[fatty and friends]

Ohhh, that makes sense!! Thank you so much!! I shall see what they like the most on the menu!! They are kind of skittish... any tips or ideas on how to get them to warm up to us? We got them about 3/4 days old, and loved on their fluffy butts every day/night, but they still don’t really love us back!

i’ve heard from people with skittish ducks that the best way to tame them is to find out what their favorite treat is and only hand feed it, that way they associate that people means good things and not to be scared

 

[KaleIAm]

My ducks are also obsessed with tomatoes and mealworms. Also anything creepy crawly, worms, slugs, rolly pollies, spiders, and shiny black beetles. All bugs that aren't fuzzy are awesome. They also like "floating salads." With all snack foods I keep it to a minimum so they are mostly foraging or eating pellets.

I got 3 of my ducks as incredibly scared adults. It only took a couple months before they were running to me for food, and one even hops into my lap. I made sure they never had a negative (scary) experience with me. I made sure every experience was positive, by throwing them mealworms closer and closer to me until they would eay from my hand/lap. And I spent tons of time with them being still, reading/knitting/ect.

The biggest thing for me was to pay attention to what my ducks didn't like, what scared them, and stop doing it. My ducks didn't like being stared at, so I looked next to them instead. My ducks didn't like being walked directly at, so I walked in big circles around them. My ducks are afraid of ladders, ok - throw mealworms in the barn and close the door if you need to use a ladder, ect.

Good luck!

 

[fatty and friends]

my ducks favorite fruits/vegetables - tomato, cucumber, romaine lettuce (never iceberg), blueberries, grapes, strawberries, and peas

but if you want dried bugs treats i recommend https://happyhentreats.com/ (you can use our brand ambassador code FATTYFRIENDS for 20% off your purchase )

 

[Crazy Maizie]

My ducks love cherry tomatoes, but they have to be fresh from the garden. Their next favorite treat is meal worms.

 

[thumper650]

Dried mealworms, frozen peas and mushed up grapes are big hits here.

 

[DuckDuckPromise]

I have one muscovy that loves water melon, the other ducks not so much; they all like defrosted frozen peas; most like cherry tomatoes. My ducks will take off my arm if I am slow to give out mealworms once the ducks have seen/heard/smelt the mealworms! I am going to buy some live mealworms next time I see them at the pet store and see if they like them. So far, I have just given them dried mealworms.

Thank you!! I moved an old dog crate the other day that was close to our Cayugas, and there were at least 50 “grub worms?” I don’t really know what they were... but they looked like pre-dried meal worms! (As gross as that is! ) Anyways, when I moved the crate and walked away, within minutes they cleared up every single “bug” that was wiggling around out there! Maybe yours will do the same to live mealworms!!!