What else can i feed my ducklings?

[themadhousechooks]

Afternoon all!! I have 6 day old duckings doing really well. Can anyone tell me what can i give them as well as just chick crumb and a few pees? Can they have lettuce (shredded up) or cucumber as a treat?
any advice appriciated xx

 

[Chicalina]

they will eat anything green. Lettuce is a favourite, plus canned sweetcorn, but as a treat not a staple. I fed mine non medicated chick crumbs at this age as a staple.

 

[Chicalina]

Sorry, I just reread and saw that you do that already as a staple. They don't strictly *need* anything extra for nutrition, but greens always go down well. Any sort. Dandelions, clover, short grass clippings and other edible garden weeds also popular. Not sure what weeds you have in the US though.

 

[Chicalina]

They love it if you put finely cut up greens in a water bowl. They will paddle and filter the food out. Any rainwater you find in the garden with mosquito larvae in too, let them at it. Obviously only small supervised amounts of time away from the heat lamp only right now so they don't get too cold.