What to do with old hens?

[fethr37]

My gander loves bread, so when everyone else is getting dried meal worms which he does not like, he gets some w/w bread not much but it sure makes him happy.I think people are not informed at parks-lakes and such and don't realize feeding white bread and junk food to the wild life there isn't healthy for them.

Yeah that! And it is usually the cheap white bleach wonder bread brands they buy. Very uninformed!

 

[jtn42248]

Yeah that! And it is usually the cheap white bleach wonder bread brands they buy. Very uninformed!

That stuff (white bread) with very few exceptions is not fit for humans and yet they feed it to their children. My mother worked in the offices at the Wonder Bread bakery in Calif. many many years ago and what they do is basically flour, water and yeast with some chemical vitamins added then pump it full of air then bake it. No wonder it is so light and fluffy.

 

[buff goose guy]

point is that those ducks at the park will die 4 years earlier than ducks without bread, any kind of bread is just as bad, white may be worse but same effects,( liver fails from the fat ( possibly) ) or early death. and those people who dont let their ducks forage is just about as bad.

Well I make my own bread with live sprouted grains and I could basically live off it. And I'm sure any duck which ate 50% of that and the other snails and slugs would be far healthier than a feed store fed duck.

What I'm saying is that a duck with no bread, forgin ability, and main meals of nutrient ick food are better off.

Well if they did live a good life, and it seems they did with you, I'm glad they had some happiness and love

 

[chickster5003]

Id keep them just for enjoyment. I could never dump them nor eat them.