Two Baby Mallards!! Yay!

[ksmith]

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Yes, you can. Have you tried bananas for them yet???

If they can have bananas then I will give them bananas after I get done babysitting. Do I need to mash them up or add anything to the bananas? Thank you

 

[DuckLover179]

You can add treats to the bananas, but first I would start with no treats in it. Yes, it should be mashed up, you can place the mash in a small bowl, and let them try it as they please. My ducks don't like bananas, but I know plenty who do!

 

[ksmith]

Yay! They LOVED the bananas! Gulped them up!

 

[chickbird]

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would you give a little more detail on the niacin, how much and where do you purchase it? what kind of peas? can they eat medicated chick starter? need help asap, please.

The Niacin you can get at the Vitamin counter, mine came in the green bottle in 500mg caps. I open the cas and guesstimate 100mg and I add it to a 1gal water jug and keep it next to my brooder. That is the only water my ducks get when they are little. I also pour Pedialite in their water, I dont measure..just pour it in their water bowl then add the Niacin water to it. . You can also get chick helper I think its called from TSC. Comes in a little $1 packet and you mix it in with 1 gall ...let me go get a pack an dcheck....Sorry. its called Sav-A-Chick, comes in a blue pack with a green top and has a pic of chickens and a mallard duckling on the front...says. 1 pack mixes into 1 gal of water. Just took a photo...let me load it. I buy these little packs by the arm full and add to te big ducks water once a week on a Friday to keep myself straight and thats when they get their Niacin too

http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq52/GoFasterStripe/pic001.jpg
So you could realy make up 1 water jug with this and pour a bit into their water and have another water jug with their Niacin. (100mg to 1 gal water)
So put it on your shopping list with Peas and you should have happy healthy ducks.

thanks for the information.

 

[Luciesbuddys]

I have a Mallard that doesn't like peas...... Actually it doesn't like treats at all. It is becoming a Pain in the A$$ (we named that duck Pita)

 

[azhenhouse]

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How funny, mine hate bananas but love their peas.

 

[DuckLover179]

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How funny, mine hate bananas but love their peas.

Mine are exactly the same. They didn't even touch the bananas

 

[ksmith]

thats very weird! It jsut shows you that no two ducks are the same!