How soon can you feed cracked corn?

[ging3rhoffman]

How soon can you feed cracked/ground corn. It is very small pieces, not like cracked corn that you get in the 50 lb bags. My ducks are 4 days old and i didnt know how soon they could have some. Do they need grit like the chick?

 

[bock]

If you feed them that you can count on some dead duckies.

 

[ChickenToes]

They won't die from feeding them corn.

I add oats to duckling's feed at 3 or 4 weeks old to lower the protein level of the feed. I don't like to feed ducks corn because they have so much fat on their bodies anyway. I only feed them a little bit of corn in the winter.

 

[ticks]

I fed mine towards winter, and still today (I give them layer in the winter too) They like corn, and they have not gotten fat.

But for you I would hold off until they are older.

 

[ging3rhoffman]

Thank you for responding. I sure dont want dead babies. I know that the adult duck that are on our pond eat the cracked corn that we feed our geese and they havent died, but i dont want to run the risk of losing babies over cracked corn. Sounds like i just need to wait for a few weeks.