How should I get my picky duck to eat her feed?

[Drowsy_808]

She eats her treats just as early as she usually does, but when it comes to her duck feed, she simply refuses to eat it unless she’s starving. We try to encourage her to eat since it’s healthy for her, but she seems sick of it. I don’t know how to handle this, so I’m looking for advice from other duck owners.

 

[BelovedBirds]

She eats her treats just as early as she usually does, but when it comes to her duck feed, she simply refuses to eat it unless she’s starving. We try to encourage her to eat since it’s healthy for her, but she seems sick of it. I don’t know how to handle this, so I’m looking for advice from other duck owners.

What is the feed?
Is it duck specific?
Firstly I'd cut out treats. Wet her food to a wet mash consistency and see if that gets her interest. If she goes all day without eating, scramble an egg or her favourite treat and mix it in.
If nothing, you really might want to consider changing feed brands.

 

[Isadora]

What kind and how mucb treat food is she getting on a daily basis? It's quite possible it's enough food for her and she's simply not hungry. In my experience, animals don't get sick of their regular feed even if they have it every day.

 

[BelovedBirds]

In my experience, animals don't get sick of their regular feed even if they have it every day.

True words- my girls go nuts for their feed every day. They prefer it to most treats. (Except fruit).

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I myself don’t give treats till after my ducks have eaten in the morning
I don’t provide feed in the coop at night so when I let them out first thing they do is gobble up their feed

I would cut off the treats for now until you see she has eaten a good amount of feed