The Poultry Keeper

Lisa

Had a day at Mums ( Confused

roll on op next week re leg ulcer, please... 'nuff said Sad

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On a positive note she has some visitors.... Mr and Mrs Duck are visiting her garden on a regular basis. No pond or stream.... but they do seem to like hanging about underneath the bird table Razz

much to the appreciation of one house bound 80 something year old staring out of the back window!

Any suggestions for healthy treats for ducks?? She puts out any leftover food scraps for the birds - just wondered if there was anything particularly good for ducks (duck novice here Embarassed

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Thanks,

Lisa.... and Gretel Wink

debcat · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject:

mine eat everything the hens do.
If you ,feed your hens wheat you could give her some of that to feed them.
They love tinned sweetcorn as well

Lisa · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject:

Sweetcorn? Excellent! That's a healthy treat for Mum's lunch and the ducks then Wink

debcat · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:00 pm Post subject:

If they are like mine they will demolish it in no time Laughing

jaydee67 · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

Put a container with water out too - they will clean themselves off in it and shake it around - hilarious to watch!

moldirox · Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 47 Location: west midlands

maggots - definately maggots. My two ducks will kill for them

Lisa · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:09 am Post subject:

How much water would they need? Would a washing up bowl or a clean cat litter tray be okay, or should it be bigger or deeper?

summayah · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton

I would have thought either of those would be fine ~ I think someone mentioned they just need water and they had buckets littered about for them

NannyP · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:52 am Post subject:

I'd read that it needs to be enough for them to submerge their heads in. Looks like Mum's gonna have some fun watching those ducks Laughing

debcat · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:57 am Post subject:

I've got a horse feed bucket. they are about half the height of a bucket and loads wider.
a washing up bowl or litter tray would work great as well

Lisa · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:

Thanks