Yellow duck

[gaz8513]

hi can somebody shed some light on my yellow duck please she was not able to walk when she was a duckling so grew up indoors now she has the free roam of the house and garden but has stayed yellow unlike here sibling who is now pure white

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

how old is she? what are you feeding her? and where did you get her from?

 

[gaz8513]

how old is she? what are you feeding her? and where did you get her from?

Nearly 3month old and I found my duck sitting and she hatched 9 she eats peas potato crushed barley and forages outside

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Nearly 3month old and I found my duck sitting and she hatched 9 she eats peas potato crushed barley and forages outside

she needs duck food. everything your feeding her are things that should be treats, not the main diet.

 

[gaz8513]

she needs duck food. everything your feeding her are things that should be treats, not the main diet.

Sorry new to ducks what would there main feed be as I was told crushed barley and potato

 

[Chicalina]

If you go to the feed store, just ask them to sell you a bag of duck food.

If they don't have any, then chicken pellets will do, but food formulated specially for ducks is slightly better.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Sorry new to ducks what would there main feed be as I was told crushed barley and potato

go to a farm store (tractor supply, rural king, etc) and they’ll sell Duck Pellets/Crumble.

it’s very important to feed that to them. nothing else is gonna have the correct nutrients

 

[LT71689]

Potato is generally considered unsafe for ducks so stop giving that even as a treat. And to be clear - all of your ducks, not just this one, need to be put on an appropriate poultry/waterfowl feed. She likely couldnt walk because of a niacin deficiency. Waterfowl feed should have the correct amount built-in, if all you can find for them is chicken feed you'll have to supplement more niacin in yourself. There's some good threads on this that are stickied to the top of the Ducks forum posts.

 

[KaleIAm]

She's super cute!! I love her.

But, like others are saying yes please get her on a waterfowl/duck food. I use Mazuri waterfowl maintenance for non egg laying ducks, and Mazuri waterfowl breeder for egg laying ducks. My ducks do very well on it.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Potato is generally considered unsafe for ducks so stop giving that even as a treat. And to be clear - all of your ducks, not just this one, need to be put on an appropriate poultry/waterfowl feed. She likely couldnt walk because of a niacin deficiency. Waterfowl feed should have the correct amount built-in, if all you can find for them is chicken feed you'll have to supplement more niacin in yourself. There's some good threads on this that are stickied to the top of the Ducks forum posts.

Actually if you read Storey's guide to ducks it says potatoes, cooked and in moderation, are fine to feed ducks. Whenever I get them on sale I boil them up and feed as treats. Do you have a reference for potatoes being unsafe? I would like to read it in case I should stop.