Will ducks eat raw fish? Is it good for them?

[BlueO]

Hello everybody! So I’m going ice fishing this weekend. Last time I went ice fishing we caught a whole lot of fish. We brought them home ate a few and then froze the rest. After a while, they just kind of get getting shoved down in the freezer and we and ended up throwing away about three fish. If I gave the ducks some pieces of fish, would that be good for them? Will they eat it? Think they’ll like it?

Any help would be very appreciated! Thanks!

 

[Canadian Wind]

Yes, and yes!

 

[DoodlesDuckies]

They LOVE minnows! I use them in summer and they have a blast find/eating them.

 

[BlueO]

They LOVE minnows! I use them in summer and they have a blast find/eating them.

I love giving them minnows! Every time I’m at a lake fishing l’ll bring a net so I can catch the minnows along the banks. One time my duck ate a whole crawfish (that wasn’t really supposed to happen…) but it was still cool!

 

[DoodlesDuckies]

I love giving them minnows! Every time I’m at a lake fishing l’ll bring a net so I can catch the minnows along the banks. One time my duck ate a whole crawfish (that wasn’t really supposed to happen…) but it was still cool!

It is amazing what they eat, or try to eat. Many times we had a duck running across the yard with a frog hanging out of its mouth and the others were chasing behind. I find a lot of dead frogs and mice in the yard in summer.

They certainly are entertaining.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Back in the 60s at our local mall they had clipped Mallards and a running stream. We would buy Gold Fish at the pet store and toss them in the stream, ducks went nuts chasing them and gobbling them up. I would say YEP.

 

[Yardmom]

I have seen my ducks dive and come up and swallow 6 inch live fish from our pond. Not sure how they would react to a frozen fish in the food bowl.