What do you feed your ducks?

[Painted Calls]

I forgot to mention supplements/treats.

I keep OS out, but I've never seen anyone use it. They get raw veggie scraps maybe twice a month. They're insanely picky though and only eat peas. So I will treat them to peas twice a month or so.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mine love tomatoes, romaine lettuce, dry dog food, meal worms and cabbage. They had banana last week first time and they weren't really keen on it. OS out and they eat it like candy.

 

[Isadora]

I feed my ducks whatever I feed my chickens. Currently, since they weren't laying all winter, it's a layer feed sans calcium.

 

[Painted Calls]

Mine love tomatoes, romaine lettuce, dry dog food, meal worms and cabbage. They had banana last week first time and they weren't really keen on it. OS out and they eat it like candy.

What are your secrets?

 

[BelovedBirds]

My girls like occasional fruit, they go mad when they see a banana, rarely strawberries, grapes and blueberries. But I keep those sweet foods to a minimum. Occasional lettuce. Oats are popular, peas too.
The only more frequent treat is eggs/shells, and calci worms.

 

[Miss Lydia]

What are your secrets?

LOL if I told you they wouldn't be secrets [I still have a few]

 

[Painted Calls]

I tossed some carrot shreds in there the other day. You'd think they were live grenades.

 

[BelovedBirds]

I tossed some carrot shreds in there the other day. You'd think they were live grenades.

Ha! Never mind carrots, I put a live wiggling worm in front of Sprightly, she hissed and ran like it was a freaking snake
Her reaction made Dougie second guess herself and she also ran from it. She realised it was in fact just a worm, and came back to gobble it down.
But poor Sprightly is still shook

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I tossed some carrot shreds in there the other day. You'd think they were live grenades.

When I cut my pumpkin into quarters and left it for them they wouldn’t even walk by it for days
I had to move it the first day as they wouldn’t go past to get in the duck house lol
Eventually a brave duck tried it and then the crew ate it all
Just takes one to try
My one drake won’t eat peas at all
I will cut up a watermelon or honeydew into quarters and they pick it apart for the day
It’s a treat a few times a month
I have also boiled corn on the cob and taken that out
They go crazy for that
But that’s only a few times a year I do that

 

[indianaducks]

I change feed and mix/match all the time. Mostly because when my flock is big, it gets really expensive to buy "the good stuff". I have ducks and chickens, so I do a variety of all flock, layer, etc... I fed the purina duck pellets when I had only ducks and I love that feed. I also really like nutrena feeds and that's mostly what i'm feeding right now. It's probably my favorite to feed, but I couldn't always afford to feed it. I recently discovered their rewards program and that's helping for sure.