Hard boiled egg for ducklings?

[AbundantAcres]

Hello all! I have 16 ducklings that are just over 2 weeks old now... and I need to tame them. Until now the twice a week complete cleaning of their kiddie pool has been quite the chore w/trying to catch them, etc. Now that they are getting bigger (man these things grow fast, lol) I need them tamer so that I can pick them up easier and so that they'll be my little buddies come summer in the garden.

So I've heard of frozen peas, etc... but can I feed them hard boiled eggs chopped up like I'm doing the chicks to help tame them? Or can I use canned (store bought) peas? Or what other things will make them come running? lol

 

[Horsefly]

Mine loved scrambled eggs, it took them awhile to figure out it was edible but then they loved it. They also like corn. I wouldn't use canned foods because of the peservitives and stuff in them.

 

[T Hi]

Check out the "sticky" forum about food and nutrition it is AWESOME!! I printed it out and take it to the store or farmers market with me so if I find something cheap I just double check my sheet!

I believe it says hard boiled eggs are ok shell and all just chopped up good. But I think you want to be careful with babies because of the calcium in the shell.

 

[Sweetfolly]

All of my ducks, from babies to adults, prefer scrambled eggs to hard-boiled eggs. Just don't add any butter or oil to the pan - you can use a little bit of nonstick cooking spray if you need to. They're all crazy for dandelion leaves too, which are very nutritious.

No canned foods; because of the added sodium, canned peas are just too salty for ducks - they'll eat them, but it's not good for them.

 

[nissa_loves_cats]

Mine love their hard boiled eggs! They fight over the pieces. And my older poultry loves it--- my turkey Imelda eats it out of my hand, and my spare rooster Junior comes running for it--- though my greedy barn cat Tohru gets about half the pieces I give to Junior. I have a lot of extra eggs anyway and so I cook them up 12 at a time in my rice cooker and feed them to poultry and cats. I try not to feed Imelda any turkey eggs, though.

 

[callducklover20]

I just took pics tonight of mine eating their hard boiled eggs mashed up-oh they love them so much. My cats told me they needed some too lol