Hi Daisys Mum.
Glad to hear your wee darlings are doing well. Our Runners are two weeks old too....
and we are feeding them on duck crumb. We bought a big bag ( 20kg ) of starter crumb for 12 quid and we have loads left. ( But we are feeding 3 and not 11! ) The small bags cost a bomb and the ducklings are so messy with it, quite a lot gets wasted. At some point we will switch to growers pellets ( not sure when tho...
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Anyway. We have started introducing other things into their diet. A porridge made of millet goes down a storm! Tonight dinner was finely chopped boiled potato and a little cheese that had gone hard finely grated onto a saucer. They scoffed it double quick!!! We have a new bin in the kitchen. ( With a snap top, this container might even find its way into the fridge
) it is for separating foodstuffs for oor wee darlings that would otherwise go into compost. Seems to me they will probably eat lots of different foodscraps. ( I would like to know what NOT to feed them in this regard ) Turning our food waste directly into ducks/eggs seems the way forward for us.
And dont they grow fast! Vasilly/Lucky is over 350grams already ( 15 days old ). He/She is gonna be a monster! Right now he's a very cute monster!!! First thing He/She did when introduced to the cat was walk right up to her ( fidgit ) and peck her in the face, the cat wont go near them now! poor old thing.
We have made them a run for out the back, and they have been gamboling around all day, happily nibbling daisys, grass and have even pulled up a juicy worm which they fought over. ) We are still bringing them in the hoose when the sun goes. I am dropping the temperature in the brooder more each day they pretty much at room temperature now. They are happily sleeping on a towel in the livingroom as i type. ( haven't moved off of it for hours ) It must be like their security blanket to as the brooder floor has had a towel down on the cosy end since the very start. I will put them to bed shortly.
toodlepip...