I don't have any idea what to feed them. Can anybody help?
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Feed is readily available at the farmers type of feed store. I used biddy or baby chicken feed to start and then duck pellets. Make sure they have plenty of water, especially when they eat. They can choke or get impacted graw if you are not careful. They are very messy if you don't have a appropriate setup. They love bugs and tiny micro organisms they get out of the edges of a pond or marsh in the wild or if raised in more natural habitat. The problem with more natural habitats is that ducks are very vulnerable to preditors. They sleep very soundly, so dogs, foxes and other carnivors find them easy prey. If you hand raise ducks, they will think of you as mom and they may follow you around if allowed to do so. A baby duck adopted my daughter and truly was a best friend.
duck feed - you'll have to go to a Gebo's or tractor supply or somewhere that sells hay/feed
i used to buy alomost-just-hatched ducklings from the fleamarket. they are so fun to raise!! if they dont have a mama, feed them dry oatmeal%26oats (dry, just out of the container)
if your keeping them inside, make sure they can get to lots of water, they will die if they get dehydrated. but they cant swim until they get some kind of special wing%26feathers type deal when they grow up some. they will eat small bugs like spiders and such.
good luck on your ducklings!!
Feed the Duck and Goose Starter. You can find it at a feed dealer, usually thay will have recomendations.
You need to buy non-medicated chick starter.
try searching looking after ducks on the internet in books
if theres a mother then let her take care of them. if they are alone then like other people have said go shopping around for some feed that ducks can eat. or try the oats.
Go to a feed store and buy them duck food.
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