Teeny the Duckling possible treats?

[Chickmgnet]

First off.
Are Garbanzo beans okay as a treat.
Does anyone have any other recommendations?
This is my first time raising these clumsy fuzzballs

 

[Callender Girl]

I don't know about the beans, but my ducklings have always loved leaf lettuce -- torn into tiny bits -- and grapes, which I tear in half until they are old enough to swallow them whole.

Clumsy fuzzballs is a great description of those adorable duckies!

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

I am pretty sure beans are a no no, not sure if garbanzo are the same, but Lima and kidney I have seen on lists as bad news. Smushed peas go over really well.

 

[Callender Girl]

I feel so silly forgetting to mention the peas! They are also a good source of niacin, which is so important for duckling development. And, Stoney Meadow Maple is also right about beans, although it MIGHT be okay if the beans are cooked. Easier to avoid the possibility of doing the wrong thing, I think.

This is why I should NOT offer advice before TWO big servings of morning caffeine!!!

 

[Chickmgnet]

I don't know about the beans, but my ducklings have always loved leaf lettuce -- torn into tiny bits -- and grapes, which I tear in half until they are old enough to swallow them whole.

Clumsy fuzzballs is a great description of those adorable duckies!

I will definitely remember this one for sure! Thank you!
I love them hahamy first flock of chickens have matured successfully but boy are these ducks very different

 

[Chickmgnet]

I'll just soak up the great advice haha I heard the same no no about beans but also heard they were fine. I just wanted another opinion but I've never tried haha but thank y'all so much. I guess I'm mama duck because I can't turn the corner without my little ones screaming bloody disaster. Attached at the hip...or should I say ankle?

 

[fatty and friends]

here’s my list of safe and unsafe treats

 

[SkyeT]

When ours were babies, we didn't start treats until we had them swimming in the tub. Until then, we just did the baby duck food, water and yeast. But once in the tub, we chopped up lettuce, blueberries and peas for swim time treats to encourage them to swim and dive and search. They loved it and so did we. Though, it produced plenty of blue poop. We introduced tomatoes as they got older, and they ended up trading in the blueberries for the tomatoes. They never really liked the bananas.

Our ducks got seriously picky. We tried a variety of things, but in the end, they like romaine, tomatoes and peas years round. Peanuts into fall and winter. Watermelon on the rind in the summer.

 

[KaleIAm]

here’s my list of safe and unsafe treats

You may want to reconsider recommending dairy. Birds are known to be lactose intolerant, and unable to digest dairy well. Since they were never nursed by their mothers, like mammals are, they never developed the need to digest milk. More than one avian veterinarian has told me to avoid even the tiniest amount of dairy found in probiotics for my ducks.

That being said, I do know members who feed their birds dairy and their birds haven't dropped dead. But it could be causing digestive issues, like it does with humans, and their birds can't communicate the problem.

@Chickmgnet I am unaware about garbonzo beans specifically, I keep meaning to ask my vet. I admit my bad ducks are obsessed with stealing my food. I swear one distracts me with cuteness while the other lunges onto my plate. They have swiped a black bean before, and multiple times, tofu. They have also plunged their bills right into my soy milk. The soy bean product has to stay above duck bill level at all times.

 

[SolarDuck]

Good catch @KaleIAm I didn't notice that the first time I looked over that post. I let my ducks have dairy very rarely I'm talking maybe once or twice per year if I happen to have the duck inside my house while I am eating some pizza or pasta or whatever and they beg that is the rare occasion I will let them have a bite. I definitely wouldn't recommend it as a safe food for ducks, or if I did at least specify in very very small amounts and not frequently. I'd be worried someone would see that list and make dairy a regular part of their ducks diet.