I need supplement duckling food

[spencedasavage]

So today I went out of town, and our family recently adopted 3 day old khaki Campbell’s. They are now a week and a half old, and we had to take them out of town with us as no one could take care of them. Unfortunately, we underestimated their food consumption, and we are running low on their chick starter, and I was wondering if any of y’all on this site had any substitute food suggestions? Any help would be great!

 

[Floof]

So today I went out of town, and our family recently adopted 3 day old khaki Campbell’s. They are now a week and a half old, and we had to take them out of town with us as no one could take care of them. Unfortunately, we underestimated their food consumption, and we are running low on their chick starter, and I was wondering if any of y’all on this site had any substitute food suggestions? Any help would be great!

I don't know about substitute foods but if you're able to drive to a walmart, most of them carry chick starter.

Maybe scrambled or hard boiled eggs? I know it works for chickens.

 

[spencedasavage]

I don't know about substitute foods but if you're able to drive to a walmart, most of them carry chick starter.

Maybe scrambled or hard boiled eggs? I know it works for chickens.

Unfortunately I don’t have access to a Walmart nor eggs but I am leaving to return to their proper home tomorrow so I think that they might be fine overnight. Thanks for the suggestions though I really appreciate it!

 

[Floof]

Unfortunately I don’t have access to a Walmart nor eggs but I am leaving to return to their proper home tomorrow so I think that they might be fine overnight. Thanks for the suggestions though I really appreciate it!

Lol you don't have access a Walmart or a grocery store but what did you hope to use as a supplement? I'm not trying to be a smart aleck but I'm imagining you with like the free hotel shampoos trying to make the best of things

 

[spencedasavage]

Lol you don't have access a Walmart or a grocery store but what did you hope to use as a supplement? I'm not trying to be a smart aleck but I'm imagining you with like the free hotel shampoos trying to make the best of things

Normally I would be much more prepared, but due to the fact that I am still in school, (I’m in high school) I had to stay back to do some conferences and had no idea of the issue until I arrived and I thought we could scrape by, but it ended up not working out. We have plenty of food, but my family members are not good about communicating to me, which causes these issues. I think that I can give them some lettuce/plants we have in the morning, which should hopefully be enough until we get back home.

 

[Floof]

Normally I would be much more prepared, but due to the fact that I am still in school, (I’m in high school) I had to stay back to do some conferences and had no idea of the issue until I arrived and I thought we could scrape by, but it ended up not working out. We have plenty of food, but my family members are not good about communicating to me, which causes these issues. I think that I can give them some lettuce/plants we have in the morning, which should hopefully be enough until we get back home.

You might not have grit available in your circumstance either but be wary of giving them greens without a way for them to break them down.

 

[NatJ]

If you have access to bread or any kind of cereal, they could probably eat a small amount of that. It's not good as a long-term food, but a bit might be better than nothing.

Duck food is mostly made of grain, and breads and cereals are mostly made of grain, so it's sort-of close. (Whole-grain bread would be better than white bread, and less-sugary cereal would be better than more-sugary.)

Eggs also sound like a good idea.

Of course, be sure they have water as well

 

[spencedasavage]

You might not have grit available in your circumstance either but be wary of giving them greens without a way for them to break them down.

Yeah I don’t have access to grit but do you think that breaking up the greens into small pieces would work in small amounts? I’ve done my best to research on this but I can’t find anything on it

 

[spencedasavage]

If you have access to bread or any kind of cereal, they could probably eat a small amount of that. It's not good as a long-term food, but a bit might be better than nothing.

Duck food is mostly made of grain, and breads and cereals are mostly made of grain, so it's sort-of close. (Whole-grain bread would be better than white bread, and less-sugary cereal would be better than more-sugary.)

Eggs also sound like a good idea.

Of course, be sure they have water as well

Okay thanks I’ll try that along with the greens!

 

[NatJ]

Yeah I don’t have access to grit but do you think that breaking up the greens into small pieces would work in small amounts? I’ve done my best to research on this but I can’t find anything on it

If they already had grit before you left home, it should still be in their gizzards, and they will be fine.

If the greens are in small pieces, they should pass safely through the ducklings in any case. Grit will just make a difference to how much nutrition the ducklings get from the greens as they pass through.