The ULTIMATE list of DUCK Treats and Supplements...

[TLWR]

Corn husks and silks, if we cut them up into duck sized pieces, are those ok too?
I saw some threads on here that people let their chickens eat them with no problem.

 

[flgardengirl]

Thank you so much for this thread. We have 11 baby ducklings here and I was trying to think of stuff the little guys could eat.

 

[FeatheredObsessions]

This is such a wonderful thread!

 

[jupiter_moon_3]

Awesome list, just what I was looking for! Thank you!

 

[ducksgoquack]

Thank you for taking the time to post this informationn. I am a new duck owner of two Buff female ducks. One of them is lacking vitamins and she is on the mend but not where she should be. I appreciate this!

 

[mrpekinduck]

My ducks love lettuce and puffed millet

 

[lovesgliders]

Love this list! Thank you for compiling it, Nettie. I now know to steer clear of spinach.

 

[bibkel]

I learned some new stuff....like no avocado!

Thanks so much for this info~

 

[down2roots]

This is a neat little list, Thanks!

I had no idea about spinach and avocado being unsafe for ducks. My ducks (and turkeys) absolutely LOVE spinach, it's by far their favorite treat! They have been getting it about 3 days a week on average, never very much though, just the scraps from my salad fixings. Cilantro is a very close second place in their favorites, too, so that can be added to your list. They haven't touched avocado when I've given it to them in the past, though, so they must know about it.

***One thing I'm not so sure about, though - I think it's a TERRIBLE idea to feed any non-mammal ANY milk product!!! Especially pasteurized dairy, which is what I'm sure is in all your 'fridges. Pasteurized dairy is not even good for human consumption, since it's had almost all of the beneficial ingredients cooked out of it, including the enzymes necessary for properly digesting it. So the idea of feeding it to a non-mammal is something I find unbelievably foolish. Yes, it may have calcium and protein, but it's in the most foreign and indigestible form possible when in pasteurized dairy! Also, do you really want your birds to ingest bovine growth hormones, even in small doses? There are dozens of other foods to feed to ensure proper protein and calcium is in their diet. ***Please, please, please reconsider the idea of feeding dairy products to birds!!!

 

[Moochie]

What kind of avacodo? My chickens didn't die when they got some avacodo some months ago.