Feeding Duck Scratch Grain Only During Fall/Winter

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Ducksforlife1

Ducksforlife1

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May 8, 2017
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Would it be okay to only feed scratch grains to Muscovy ducks during the fall/winter times? Since they won't be laying eggs would it suffice? I have young juvenile Muscovy ducklings that I hatched from @Nyla 's eggs. I have a meal worm farm in my house so I'll always add meal worms to their feed. Would this help?
 
Ducksforlife1 said:
Would it be okay to only feed scratch grains to Muscovy ducks during the fall/winter times? Since they won't be laying eggs would it suffice? I have young juvenile Muscovy ducklings that I hatched from @Nyla 's eggs. I have a meal worm farm in my house so I'll always add meal worms to their feed. Would this help?
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You can feed them scratch during those times and they will probably live fine---its just not a complete feed. I guess it would be like feeding your kids junk food all the time.

Sure meal worms would help----but you are probably thinking a handful at day when each duck probably would need a few hands full per day each----way more than you probably want to raise.

Its been a while since I figured this---but from memory---the average chicken would need to eat the protein value of around 350/400 crickets per day to get the needed protein to go with plain ground corn, but they do not need to just eat 350 crickets and some corn---they need other things.

Whats your goal---you trying to raise them without buying factory feed??
 
chickens really said:
These are Ducks right?.....
I mix classic scratch that has less corn into my Ducks regular feed all year around...Ducks do great on the added grains...Too Ducks it's not candy....
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So you feel that feeding scratch Only(not mixed) is sufficient---maybe a few meal worms----nothing else? That was the OP question?
 
PD-Riverman said:
The Original Poster ask if feeding "Scratch Only" was ok? Sorry thought you might have missed that being you were replying on her post. But we agree----just scratch is not a complete food.
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Yes....I agree it's not a balanced diet....The guy I get all my Ducks from never feeds any of his birds a balanced diet...They come here and thrive...He only feeds cheap strait grains...Although he does have 300 Birds....:th
 

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