Is flock raiser or layena ok for duck food

[stargazingmommy]

I started my ducks on medicated chick feed. Then when the chicks were a bit older and started laying everyone got switched to layena. I ran out a few weeks ago and the feed store i went to didnt have any, so I went ahead and got flockraiser. My duck started laying soft eggs. I started crushing egg shells in their feed, until i was able to get to the feed store again.
Mine don't eat much though, they free range the yard, and get tons of left over veggies(peas=duck crack)

 

[DuckGirl15]

We bought some pelleted layer feed (16%) with added omega 3, it's Purina. And mixed in Heinold general rabbit feed (16% also), would this be okay? And I will start feeding oyster shell in when the duck starts to lay. They are call ducks, hatched this year.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

Thanks so much all. I will start laying pellets next week.

 

[hossfeathers]

We bought some pelleted layer feed (16%) with added omega 3, it's Purina. And mixed in Heinold general rabbit feed (16% also), would this be okay? And I will start feeding oyster shell in when the duck starts to lay. They are call ducks, hatched this year.

Check to make sure the rabbit feed is not medicated. If it is medicated, don't feed it to the ducks. (Wrong medicine for the wrong animals.)

If you are sure it is not medicated, then mixing in a little (less than a quarter of the whole day's feed) into the layer feed might be okay - it won't be balanced, vitamin and mineral wise, for the ducks, but you could finish out an extra bag like that.

I would not feed that long term. It all starts from the same ingredients (corn & alfalfa & oats & so forth) but the feeds mixed for a specific species have vitamins for that species.

Hope that helps!​

 

[DuckGirl15]

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Check to make sure the rabbit feed is not medicated. If it is medicated, don't feed it to the ducks. (Wrong medicine for the wrong animals.)

If you are sure it is not medicated, then mixing in a little (less than a quarter of the whole day's feed) into the layer feed might be okay - it won't be balanced, vitamin and mineral wise, for the ducks, but you could finish out an extra bag like that.

I would not feed that long term. It all starts from the same ingredients (corn & alfalfa & oats & so forth) but the feeds mixed for a specific species have vitamins for that species.

Hope that helps!

It does, thanks! So I should try to purchase/find a duck specific feed?