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Their high in a compound that gives humans gas... A pre biotic of some kind... Can't see it being a big deal though... What a great crop for the ducks and chickens, easy to grow and prolific... Be interested in more thoughts about Jerusalem artichokes too...

Almost worth raising frogs! Lol

Gross lol Mine like tadpoles :D ...a lot

Lol

I'm with you Amykins, but the article does kind of explain why my friends sisters chickens have not all dropped dead...

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/toxicology/food_hazards/avocado.html Interesting read apparently chickens are less sensitive to the poisons then other species...

Really? My friend has a sister in Haiti their coop is under an avocado tree the birds free range on whatever avocados fall from the tree and are fed all the peelings from the households use of the avocados...

If I remember correctly from earlier on this thread avocado is toxic to ducks but it seems to be fine for chickens You could use the search this thread feature and just plug in the word avocado

Worms... Mine are all about worms

Go to the first page of this thread and you should a big list of treats that are good for ducks of various ages.

It's a treats list not a replacer for regular food. Remember these are treats so for most less is more... Fresh veggies I think are great daily.

Hmmm... I don't think it's bad but I don't think it's really good either... As in no nutrition.

I read a post recently that said green ones where toxic... I'm not completely convinced but won't feed them to the birds any how.

I don't think either would kill a duck.

Sooo cute! Your welcome little blue.

16-18%. Check out islandseed.com, they have a great section on duck and duckling feed, and what to supplement if you can't find duck specific feed.

Oh and my ducks really like Russian kale, practically grows like a weed in my garden. They don't get it all the time but they like it and no health issues here.

I think kale is fine, it has oxalic acid but way less than spinach. And it's muck higher in calcium, apparently even more than milk. Found a list at healthyonraw.com of oxalic acid levels in common foods. It looks like lambs quarters would be very bad for ducks it has more oxalic acid than spinach.

For ducks I'd avoid Swiss chard too. It's related to spinach and depending on why it blocks calcium absorption Swiss chard may do this too. Same possibly with beet greens, also related. Younger plants are usually lower in all mineral etc compared to mature versions so baby greens may be safer...