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Someone that Gerald works with mentioned duckweed and possibly using it as feed. Myself, I haven't found it to grow that easily. I have quite a few tubs full of water lilies and rarely does duckweed take off in it. I think maybe it needs more nutrients and oxygen than a tub can provide. I guess if you have the right environment for it, you could make it work. But then, I'd worry about mosquitos unless you could control them with fish or biological treatments. If you had fish ... they would eat the duckweed, or at least my koi and goldfish sure do think it's tasty.
Carla i was told that you have to put light on it , and it will grow like wild fire , but again i was just told this i have yet to try it lol , was wanting to hear from others about their experiences before i give it a go lol
You need to be vert carefull about protien levels and insure the birds get a balanced diet. For good laying and hatching 17-20% protien is really all you want but it needs to be balanced between animal and vegitable protien. Additionally vitamin, fat, and oil content will make a difference in both production and hatchability. For production you want a low fat and oil content. For show conditioning you want a higher fat and oil content. For older birds hatchability you want a higher plant oil content. feed needs are based on the age of the bird, and desired use of the egg. Low protien and solely plant protien feeds are generally undesirable feeds for birds.
