Feeding Young Ducks.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1910, Page 4

Feeding Young Ducks.

How many people know that young ducklings ait about seven or eight days' old, ea,t too much for tlieir health? This gorging is responsible for iintifh mortality. Hra.n .and pollard in proportion of one to three may be given after tho ducklings have learned to feed. 801110 old hands flit rearing ducklings used flaked oats. The oats are thrown 111 a saucer of water, float 011 the top, and are picked up by the ducklings. Those who feed 'breadcrumbs must remember that alum is death to ducklings. Don't use maize except for ■topping off. Moiled wheat may bo given at night when the ducklings are a fortnight old. Miee-ps' livers boiled up, is ia good flesh producer. There is no better green feed lor ducklings (ban luoern and lettuce, the latter is especially suitable for verv young ducklings Pokin, Aylesbury 'or Pekin-Avl'es-bury cross a,ro an ideal duck for the table. 1 hey fatten r|ti7<*kl\\ iiKike rapid growth, and are ready for the ta;l>le at .ten or twelve weeks old. Ducklings are easier to fatten for niarktt than chickens. They eat more, but tbey .also bring better prices than cockerels nit the same it go.