Food for ducklings

[AAcres]

What does everyone feed their ducklings???
When do you change them over to adult food and what do you feed adult ducks??
Do you have to supply ducks with grit??

Sooooo many questions

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

A non medicated chick starter can work. A flock raiser is better. Mine get an All Flock ration after the raiser or starter.

A separate bowl of oyster shells when they start laying. Provide grit if there is none in their environment.

My adult ducks like whole shell corn as a treat.

 

[Jpat]

i was confused by grit when i started so ill post what i learned

They use grit to chew

if they are on commercial feed they do not need git

If you feed treats other than cat food or commercial feed they need grit

if they are outside digging in mud and dirt they will find their own grit

Oyster shell is for girls, its a high calcium grit for egg laying

How many and what kind of ducks are you getting?

 

[AAcres]

So ducklings dont need grit if fed a commercial feed?
I'm getting four Khaki Campbell ducklings and it'll be my first time owning ducklings/ducks and just want to make sure I'm feeding them correctly.
If they start on a non medicated chick starter or flock starter do you add brewers yeast to their feed?

 

[Jpat]

So ducklings dont need grit if fed a commercial feed?
I'm getting four Khaki Campbell ducklings and it'll be my first time owning ducklings/ducks and just want to make sure I'm feeding them correctly.
If they start on a non medicated chick starter or flock starter do you add brewers yeast to their feed?

Yeah so no grit with commercial feed. But when you start feeding treats then Yes grit.

And yes brewers yeast is good but i prefer B complex Vitamins non sublingual in liquid form from the pharmacy

 

[Knighstar679]

I like Nutrena non-medicated started, the all flock later. I like it for the higher niacin content. I gave main eggs, peas, and veggies earlier on so I gave grit to help them chomp it all up.

I originally gave purina but I saw issues in legs and had wry neck. After I started on Nutrena all that started to get better ad I saw no new problems after starting it.

 

[chickens really]

I feed an all flock starter food and don't supply niacin. I feed Romain Lettuce, tomatoes and grasses to my Ducklings. I provide Grit sprinkled on the snacks. Watermelon is a big hit with all my Birds..

 

[Timothy Menezes]

Grit may not be required based on what your feeding them but it's always a good idea as its how they were designed to work. They don't need much, so a little goes a long way.

Oyster shell is the same in that a little goes a long way. It can help in the grit department but provides calcium as it breaks down.

 

[Timothy Menezes]

Also I feed flock raiser, but Nutrena chick starter has a good amount of Niacin so that works really well too.