Hi.
You are welcome!
I mean "wheat" as "whole grain form of wheat"...
I had to google what you meant by "scratch grains"...
...and it looks good for your birds...!
⚠ You can feed corn to ducks, but NOT too much : eating too much corn tends to make a duck overweight, which can thus causes them some severe health issues...
(...and so, a mix of "scratch grains" and pellets would be fine, since there at least would not be "too much" corn for your ducks...!)
Yes.
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In case it could help you...
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► What is my usual feeders composed of :
• for my DUCKS : a mix of wheat (whole grains) and duck pellets;
• for my CHICKENS : a mix of wheat (whole grains) and layer pellets.
► Amount per feeder :
• WHEAT : around 30% to 50%;
• (LAYER or DUCK) PELLETS : around 50% to 70%.
• • • •
APART from the(se) usual feeders...
...I often prepare smaller (plastic) feeders too :
• some feeders with : a mix of whole grains(similar to what you give to your ducks) and food grade Diatomaceous Earth (OR, otherwise : herbs or spice);
• some feeders with : a mix of wheat, pellets, and food grade Diatomaceous Earth (OR, otherwise : herbs or spice).
• • • •
(And I generally give treats to my birds too - consisting mostly of extra eggs and fruits.)
• • • •
My ducks and my chickens sleep in different shelters at night, BUT they do freerange together during the days...
And since they do : every one of them has - of course - access to every group's feeders...!
And of course, given that "a neighbour's food is always better"... : my ducks do tend to eat my chickens' food during the days... and my chickens - pigs that they are - RUN to eat my ducks' food as soon as I open their door every morning!
► Every one of my birds is healthy - EVEN my drakes and my roosters are, though they, too, do eat layer pellets AND oyster shell grit everyday...
THANK YOU for answering!!
Huh...
So, your girl is at least not dying - that's good!!
Yes, please do!
By actually having ducks, you are going to feel like you never stop learning about them... and you are going to feel that for a long time!
• • • •
▬ Basic rule (for raising ducks) :
NEVER let your ducks have access to their food IF they don't have access to drinkable water too...
...and give them a waterer large enough so they can submerge their entire head in water, and then thus clean their nares and their eyes...!!
(If you have questions, don't hesisate to ask them - EVEN IF you think they are stupid, or whatever...!!)
You are welcome!
I mean "wheat" as "whole grain form of wheat"...
I had to google what you meant by "scratch grains"...
...and it looks good for your birds...!
⚠ You can feed corn to ducks, but NOT too much : eating too much corn tends to make a duck overweight, which can thus causes them some severe health issues...
(...and so, a mix of "scratch grains" and pellets would be fine, since there at least would not be "too much" corn for your ducks...!)
Yes.
• • • •
In case it could help you...
↓ ↓ ↓
► What is my usual feeders composed of :
• for my DUCKS : a mix of wheat (whole grains) and duck pellets;
• for my CHICKENS : a mix of wheat (whole grains) and layer pellets.
► Amount per feeder :
• WHEAT : around 30% to 50%;
• (LAYER or DUCK) PELLETS : around 50% to 70%.
• • • •
APART from the(se) usual feeders...
...I often prepare smaller (plastic) feeders too :
• some feeders with : a mix of whole grains
• some feeders with : a mix of wheat, pellets, and food grade Diatomaceous Earth (OR, otherwise : herbs or spice).
• • • •
(And I generally give treats to my birds too - consisting mostly of extra eggs and fruits.)
• • • •
My ducks and my chickens sleep in different shelters at night, BUT they do freerange together during the days...
And since they do : every one of them has - of course - access to every group's feeders...!
And of course, given that "a neighbour's food is always better"... : my ducks do tend to eat my chickens' food during the days... and my chickens - pigs that they are - RUN to eat my ducks' food as soon as I open their door every morning!
► Every one of my birds is healthy - EVEN my drakes and my roosters are, though they, too, do eat layer pellets AND oyster shell grit everyday...
THANK YOU for answering!!
Huh...
So, your girl is at least not dying - that's good!!
Yes, please do!
By actually having ducks, you are going to feel like you never stop learning about them... and you are going to feel that for a long time!
• • • •
▬ Basic rule (for raising ducks) :
NEVER let your ducks have access to their food IF they don't have access to drinkable water too...
...and give them a waterer large enough so they can submerge their entire head in water, and then thus clean their nares and their eyes...!!
(If you have questions, don't hesisate to ask them - EVEN IF you think they are stupid, or whatever...!!)
