i am interested in what food to give ducklings. i don't really like buying the premixed unknown of pellets or mash and would like to use basic ingredients but can't find any articles that don't just blindly say go for a product. i know they need a higher protein to start with, about 20% for the first few weeks, then decrease down to the usual 16%. and calcium is important too.
does anyone know what was used before we all bought everything in prepacks? oats? bran/midlings?
i have heard people say they feed cooked egg to chicks but that really doesn't sound right to me. they absorb the yolk yes, but not digest it? and what is the white/albumen do/go?!?!
thanks for your help