Fruit for ducklings?

Lot's of good treat advise here! Before I feed them anything I try and research it online to see if it would be bad or not. I did read about Avocado being a big no no. So far my two have been picky pusses about what they eat.

They love lettuce and mixed greens, spinach, tomato, grapes, apples, zucchini, peas and broccoli.

So far they don't like mango, banana, cantaloupe or blueberries. They do however like to eat the blueberry leaves and the green berries. And they managed to eat all the blueberry blossoms that they could reach. They also like my apple tree leaves. We have plums coming in soon, they don't eat the leaves but I wonder of they would like the fruit? They like dog food. One ate a frog the other day and a huge moth. I often wonder about the slugs though. Cocoa got a hold of a big one and was making choking noises, then she had this big hang down of slug slime which Jade kept trying to peck off of her beak. I had to pick her up and scrape some of that slime away. Cupped some water in my hand for her to drink, it seemed to help. I know they eat slugs but it worries me when they get the big ones!
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LOL! this just made my day much better!
Mine GO CRAZY for grapes but no so much for mushy stuff. They peck at anything mushy and shake it off in disgust! Corn is a huge plus! And flies
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which totally creeps me out.
I love your ducks names
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Thank you!
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It took me a while to come up with their names. For a long time we just referred to them as Duck babies.

I considered Mocha and Cappicino, Chocolate and Vanilla, but decided maybe I should wait until their feathers were in to name them. That's when Cocoa and Jade made sense. It's hard to see but Jade, the black and white one, has a lot of deep green coloring along his back and even a touch of royal blue. Cocoa has just a tad of green on her wings. You can see it better in person or in the sun. I keep trying to get a good picture but they just won't sit still! lol

I will have to continue to try different foods. So far their favorite has been the spinach.
 
Duck babies is so cute haha. My fiance and I used to call them duckies! And they'd turn and run to us right away. Then we named them, Darling and Guy and now everytime we callthem they just turn and look at us like "now what" I think they preferred "duckies!"

I love Jade! the name is so cute. Cocoa is really adorable
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Did I write they go crazy for grapes? :? I meant to write bananas. >,<
they see a little tiny bit of a banana and they run and jump for it! It's the CUTEST thing.

I haven't tried spinach, maybe today I'll give them some
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Donald is addicted to watermelon. If he hears me say watermelon, he will run over. If he actually sees it...game over. It's his.
 

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