Is flock raiser or layena ok for duck food

[eggcited2]

I came home with two ducks and don't have just duck food. I have been feeding layena and flock raiser to all my chicken and turkeys. Is that ok to also use for the ducks? They are not babies, hatched this spring.

I also put out some cracked oats.

 

[ChickInDelight]

Flockraiser is for everyone (according to my feed store).

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Flock raiser can be fed to multiple fowl. Next time to go buy feed ask your store if they can get the Purena duck feed, or the Mazuri waterfowl feed in for you. We offer the Mazuri feed to our ducks and geese at bedtime away from the chickens.

 

[jaycee]

Flockraiser is good for ducks, thats what I feed my girls. Just be sure you supplement it with some oyster shell for laying. I read that advice somewhere, perhaps here, from a representative of the company that produces it.

 

[GrannyCarol]

Ducklings need extra niacin (I use brewer's or nutritional yeast) to grow properly, but otherwise are fine on either Purina product. That's what I usually feed.

 

[eggcited2]

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Both of my ducks are drakes, so would I still need to put out oyster shells. Or is that only for birds that lay eggs?

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Both of my ducks are drakes, so would I still need to put out oyster shells. Or is that only for birds that lay eggs?

If they are both boys, then no need for oster shell.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

I too was wondering if I needed to do something different to get my ducks laying. I have pekins and muscovies along with 2 female mallards...this year the muscovies layed and hatch loads of babies and ate corn. Once the babies hatched I started feeding them all game bird un-medicated starter. Well now babies are grown and I am feeding corn and NINE of them are laying. What do I need to do?

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

Anyone??? What should I be feeding my ducks to make them lay?

 

[destinduck]

Chicken layer pellets is all I use for my adult ducks, various species. That will get them laying although some species just lay in the spring.