DUCK RAISING ON THE FARM 



some duck raisers feed only 3 times daily from the 

 start. About the third day this feed is changed to 

 equal parts of bread, rolled oats, bran and corn 

 meal. After the seventh day the ration may consist 

 of 3 parts bran, 1 part each of low-grade wheat flour 

 and com meal, 10% green feed, 5% beef scrap with 

 about 3% of sand mixed in. 



The ducklings should be fed four times daily after 

 the seventh day until they are two or three weeks 

 old. After that time they need be fed only three 

 times daily, morning, noon and night. The sand 

 may be given to the ducklings either by mixing it in 

 the mash or by feeding it in a hopper where they can 

 help themselves. The mash feed which is prepared 

 for the ducklings is mixed with water until it has a 

 consistency a little wetter than crumbly but not 

 exactly sticky. Sloppy feed should never be used. 

 As the ducklings grow older the amount of beef 

 scrap can be increased until it consists of 15% of 

 the ration by the end of the third week. The pro- 

 portion of com meal can likewise be increased and 

 simultaneously the amount of bran decreased until 

 the ducklings are on a fattening ration. Unless they 

 have a plentiful supply of green feed in the yards 

 to which they have access it is necessary to provide 

 this to the extent of about 10% of the feed and it 

 should consist of tender green stuff rather finely 

 chopped and mixed in with the mash. 



About 2 weeks before the ducklings are to be 

 marketed they should be put on a ration consisting 



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