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[Okla-doodle-doo]

Everyone must on their way home or out doing evening chores! I am waiting on DW,she is on her way. I finally got my stuff fed and watered. Man the ground just sloushes when you walk! All the eggs were muddy. Its cooled down in the high 50s so the chicks in the loft were all humped up trying to stay warm. Ahh! the frustrations of spring chicken raising!lol

 

[coop101]

*DuckLuvR* :

Not sure if I'm in the right spot, I'm still new here. Can anyone tell me what I can feed my male ducks. I've got an Atwoods & a coop near me. I'm temporarily feeding Mazuri Waterfowl Maintenance, but it's sooo expensive. I was hoping someone here might be able to help me with an alternative feed plan. All advice is welcomed.

just feed them crumbles, our ducks are happy with it, of course they like scratch too.​

 

[poultryand bees]

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did they have a failure in the pump station for the city?
It is the pits when we have to "go back to basics" when we don't have the necessary equipment to be basic. Do you have a well for a backup or at least a pond where you can dip water to flush the toilet? Hope they are wrong and your inconvenience doesn't last 3 days.

 

[poultryand bees]

*DuckLuvR* :

Not sure if I'm in the right spot, I'm still new here. Can anyone tell me what I can feed my male ducks. I've got an Atwoods & a coop near me. I'm temporarily feeding Mazuri Waterfowl Maintenance, but it's sooo expensive. I was hoping someone here might be able to help me with an alternative feed plan. All advice is welcomed.

Young ducks need high protein and no medicated feed, since the arsenic in chick starter is toxic to them. I feed my adult muscoveys and runners layer crumbles, but they are able to forage for bugs for additional protein. Since you aren't trying to get hens to lay eggs, you should do fine with an egg layer ration.​

 

[Kassaundra]

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did they have a failure in the pump station for the city?
It is the pits when we have to "go back to basics" when we don't have the necessary equipment to be basic. Do you have a well for a backup or at least a pond where you can dip water to flush the toilet? Hope they are wrong and your inconvenience doesn't last 3 days.

No we are going to have to get some large containers and haul some.

 

[poultryand bees]

*DuckLuvR* :

Not sure if I'm in the right spot, I'm still new here. Can anyone tell me what I can feed my male ducks. I've got an Atwoods & a coop near me. I'm temporarily feeding Mazuri Waterfowl Maintenance, but it's sooo expensive. I was hoping someone here might be able to help me with an alternative feed plan. All advice is welcomed.

Almost forgot

You have found a wonderful group of folks who either live in Oklahoma or wish they lived in Oklahoma.

Disclaimer: Some of us are addicted to hatching eggs, attending poultry auctions and otherwise acquiring poultry. Since addicts tend to be enablers, we may try and enable you into owning more poultry than you ever thought you might want to raise.

So, what kind of ducks do you have and would you like to acquire additional varieties? Do you have any poultry other than ducks?

Also, although I feed egg layer crumbles to my ducks that aren't laying eggs - I sometimes up their protein level by feeding Purina game bird grower feed. You can also up the protein level by adding small pellets of alfalfa to the feed. Mine love corn, but I don't feed it to the exclusion of other feeds since it doesn't have enough protein.​

 

[BetsyOK]

We are finally getting a little sun today! We should get some for another couple of days, but rain again on the weekend. We needed it so badly, and thankfully, we didn't get the problems with it so many have been having. Many thoughts and prayers for those affected by the bad weather.

On another note, will there be cages at POOPS to display our sale birds, or do we need to bring our own?

 

[donnie]

I heard u all was lookin for me lol , doing ok just trying to stay afloat , between roads being closed , bridges closed , property flooded , water being shut off so county can fix pips , trying to clean the property back up and loosing birds mostly chicks that I've been growing out , and taking capstone test and writing papers at school been busy as all get out ..... Hope everyone else is ok

 

[poultryand bees]

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glad you checked in. We have been worried about you since you were in the heavy rain area.

 

[donnie]

Well thanks guys for thinking of me