seussiii
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- Jan 26, 2017
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I've read that quite a few of you have your ducks living completely off of forage during the non winter months.
My Anconas are a month old and don't seem to be transitioning well. I feed them the grain based diet twice a day but they still seem very hungry by dinner.
One thing I've noticed is while free ranging they dig around in the soil but don't seem to eat the weeds... if I pick a weed... they'll perk up and fight over eating it from my hand! Even though they have the same weeds at their feet. They go insane for minced lettuce too.
Is this an age thing? I could tell they were waiting for me to put out the grain. Just wondering if they'll grow out of it or if anyone has experienced the same?
I have almost a full acre for just 6 of them so hopefully they take to foraging a bit more.
My Anconas are a month old and don't seem to be transitioning well. I feed them the grain based diet twice a day but they still seem very hungry by dinner.
One thing I've noticed is while free ranging they dig around in the soil but don't seem to eat the weeds... if I pick a weed... they'll perk up and fight over eating it from my hand! Even though they have the same weeds at their feet. They go insane for minced lettuce too.
Is this an age thing? I could tell they were waiting for me to put out the grain. Just wondering if they'll grow out of it or if anyone has experienced the same?
I have almost a full acre for just 6 of them so hopefully they take to foraging a bit more.