Thinking of making homemade Duck Crumble and Feed

[Ducklearner]

Is it possible that I can make homemade food for my Ducklings and Ducks? What ingredients should I use if it could be done? Why do I want to to make my own feed? Well because I think about how they were when they were in the wild, they never had pellets out there, so they had to be eating something, therefore I want to make my own Ducklings and Duck feed, but can it be done, because I know now (thanks to Isaac 0) that ingredients like oats, barley, flax seeds, and whole grainsdon't provide good amounts of nutrients, so can I make my own feed? If I can't what food did you feed your Ducklings and Ducks?

 

[SolarDuck]

Is it possible that I can make homemade food for my Ducklings and Ducks? What ingredients should I use if it could be done? Why do I want to to make my own feed? Well because I think about how they were when they were in the wild, they never had pellets out there, so they had to be eating something, therefore I want to make my own Ducklings and Duck feed, but can it be done, because I know now (thanks to Isaac 0) thatiat ingredients like oats, barley, flax seeds, and whole grainsdon't provide good amounts of nutrients, so can I make my own feed? If I can't what food did you feed your Ducklings and Ducks?

I would highly recommend buying Mazuri waterfowl feeds, they are the most recommended by veteranarians for ducks. They can be easily purchased online at Chewy.com and shipped to you. I'm sure it's possible to make your own feed for them, but probably very difficult.

 

[Ratchnick]

Yes You can, the recipies are in the back of "stories guide to raising ducks"

 

[KaleIAm]

I would highly recommend buying Mazuri waterfowl feeds, they are the most recommended by veteranarians for ducks. They can be easily purchased online at Chewy.com and shipped to you. I'm sure it's possible to make your own feed for them, but probably very difficult.

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I have had multiple avian veterinarians recommend Mazuri waterfowl for optimal health in my ducks.

In a webinar I recently watched avian veterinarians recommended against making your own feed. They were discussing how nutrition was important in the prevention of illness, including bacterial and viral. I can try to find exactly what they said if you are interested.

I understand your desire to give a more natural diet, but wild ducks would be foraging from a wide variety of plants and animal foods that we can't replicate with oats, flax, ect. I feel that the best we can do is to let the expert veterinarians formulate a diet for our pets, and supplement that by letting them forage in our yards.

Obviously other people are free to feel differently.

 

[Ratchnick]

I think mazuri is probably the best feed around but its crazy expensive!

 

[KaleIAm]

I think mazuri is probably the best feed around but its crazy expensive!

True, it is more expensive than other foods. But it is significantly less expensive than veterinarian costs, if one plans to go that way. For pets the extra expense seems worth it to me.

 

[Ducklearner]

Thanks for the help everyone, I have one more Question, what other feeds besides marzuri feed, are good for ducklings and ducks?

 

[Ratchnick]

Thanks for the help everyone, I have one more Question, what other feeds besides marzuri feed, are good for ducklings and ducks?

Any waterfowl starter will work just fine.

 

[Ducklearner]

Any waterfowl starter will work just fine.

I don't have to get a starter for ducklings?

 

[SolarDuck]

I don't have to get a starter for ducklings?

Ducklings are waterfowl, anything that you can find that says duck starter or duckling feed or waterfowl starter.