07-05-2007, 01:44 AM
tada,
Unless you have very nutritionally complete bread, you need to add something else. Cat food is probably better - LOL. Wonder foam bread is pretty useless. Maybe some crumbled hard-boiled eggs, cornmeal, oatmeal, etc.? It will need some grit = sand for digestion. Greens of suitable size pieces would probably be good.
After looking into it some more, I think Khaki Campbell ducks would be better. They are hybrids of Indian Runners that are larger bodied (for meat use, if you are so inclined), calmer (but still active) and still produce a LOT of eggs.
I do not know of a source in Hawaii, but there are several on the mainland. I think I remember reading that Hawaii has restrictions on bringing in ducks, but I do not know.
Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP
Unless you have very nutritionally complete bread, you need to add something else. Cat food is probably better - LOL. Wonder foam bread is pretty useless. Maybe some crumbled hard-boiled eggs, cornmeal, oatmeal, etc.? It will need some grit = sand for digestion. Greens of suitable size pieces would probably be good.
After looking into it some more, I think Khaki Campbell ducks would be better. They are hybrids of Indian Runners that are larger bodied (for meat use, if you are so inclined), calmer (but still active) and still produce a LOT of eggs.
I do not know of a source in Hawaii, but there are several on the mainland. I think I remember reading that Hawaii has restrictions on bringing in ducks, but I do not know.
Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP
Allen
Finally in HPP
Finally in HPP