What do I feed my ducks

Cindy Rivers • November 16, 2019

I can't find duck feed - what can I feed my ducks?

It may surprise you to know that duck feed is the same ingredients as chicken feed. The exception is in their first 10 weeks. Purchase starter feed for chickens and supplement your ducks with niacin until they are 10 weeks of age. This supplement can be added to their diet in one of two ways: buy the niacin supplement at your local pharmacy and add 100 - 150 mg (crushed) per gallon of water or purchase livestock grade brewer’s yeast and add 2 – 3 cups per 10 pounds of feed (5 – 7.5 pounds per 100 pounds of feed). We have found that it is easier and more consistent to add the niacin to their water.

A week to week feeding chart is available on our website. Note that you can supplement their diet with organic veggies, organic chopped hard boiled eggs (with shell on), organic scrambled eggs, worms, night crawlers, blood worms, snails (make sure they the ground they come from have not been sprayed with pesticides), organic whole corn or corn meal, and organic tomatoes. Of course, feed consumption will go back up in the winter when fresh veggies and forages are at a premium.