[Womble]

I also picked up somewhere not to give poultry cucumber

Is that official advice from the German government by any chance? 

Just to add that we had a batch of indian runners hatched under a broody bantam a few months ago. I left them in with 'Mum', and fed them on standard non-medicated chick crumb, and they did just fine. However, the ducklings will be WAY messier than the chicks, which could potentially be a problem for you if you decide to keep them all together!

[lachlanandmarcus]

I had a surprise (theyve never hatched one before, just sat on them till they are smelly) gosling born yesterday, and the feed merchants didnt have duck/goose feed but they do specifically have organic chick crumbs as well as the normal ones, as the organic ones they stock dont have the ACM anti cocci medication in them. I guess its flexible then for them, as chicken peeps can buy them too if they run out of normal or are organic.

But am off to give Giggle the gosling breadcrumbs in milk too now!

[jaykay]

Very sweet 

[goosepimple]

Just perfect  - they do tend to flick their crumbs and milk everywhere so they get a bit spikey but that goes when they are old enough to take a dip - lovely photo, must post one of our one remaining gosling just in case!

[SallyintNorth]

oh bless!  Love the name too.