Feeding chicken to ducks?

[Headbanger]

Anyone think this is wrong?

[piston broke]

do they eat it?
do ducks eat meat or are they vego's?

[James Deuce]

They feed cows to cows and pigs to pigs and no one complains.

Much.

[piston broke]

pigs, are meat eaters

[Ocean1]

They feed cows to cows *twitch* and pigs to *stagger* pigs and no one com com com com...plains.

Well, not to start with...

[RT527]

what about the Shag who tried to cook itself today ....oh yeah it succeeded went to a grass fire today was started after a shag decided to sit on a piece of angle iron that was being used as a cross arm on a power pole....it then decided to sun its wings by extending them straight out each side into the live wires....it was up there for a while as a linesman eventually found it cause the circuit breakers kept tripping the power out, just before he went up to get it down it fell out and started the grass fire ....shocking huh!

[Slyer]

We are as close to pigs as chickens are to ducks so yes it's okay.

[Ixion]

Ducks are greedy voracious little bastards. They'll eat most anything. They're not vegetarians, and given half a chance will be cannibals.

No reason why they wouldn't eat chicken. No different really to us (mammals) eating roast beef (another mammal)

[piston broke]

We are as close to pigs as chickens are to ducks so yes it's okay.

interesting.
but are ducks meat eaters,guess they eat worms etc.

[Ixion]

Yes, in the wild they will eat worms slugs, insects, aquatic invertebrates, small fish, other ducks, dead duck hunters.

[MadDuck]

Ducks are greedy voracious little bastards. They'll eat most anything.

I object to that comment :cool:

[PirateJafa]

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[Headbanger]

They definitely eat it, I was just munching on some KFC and throwing the scraps to the ducks in the stream that runs alongside the house.

[Skyryder]

Some have been known to eat lead but rarely do they come back for second course.

Skyryder

[rainman]

Ducks are greedy voracious little bastards. They'll eat most anything.

Absolutely, we chuck out sundry food scraps and there's not a great deal that our local ducks will turn their noses/bills up at. Fruit, any grains, bread etc, mincemeat, cheese... they'd eat the veggies too if they didn't go in the compost bin. Bastards love lettuce seedlings most of all, I've had to fence those off.


Yes, in the wild they will eat worms slugs, insects, aquatic invertebrates, small fish, other ducks, dead duck hunters.

That's the only reason I put up with them, they do sort out the slugs and snails. We occasionally have to evict them from the kitchen, of course - they're smart buggers and know where the catfood is - and they crap all over the deck and stairs. One day they'll push me too far and I'll be posting here for advice mallard recipes :2guns:

[oldrider]

Wasn't this sort of thing the essence of "mad cow disease" and all it's off shoots? :shutup:

[The Stranger]

They definitely eat it, I was just munching on some KFC and throwing the scraps to the ducks in the stream that runs alongside the house.

WTF, you eat KFC and you're worried about what the ducks eat?

[Grahameeboy]

Wasn't this sort of thing the essence of "mad cow disease" and all it's off shoots? :shutup:

It was the French who supplied it..still have not forgiven us for Napoleon

[fliplid]

Wasn't this sort of thing the essence of "mad cow disease" and all it's off shoots? :shutup:

Yup, and look where all that led!

[Okey Dokey]

Hmmm... isn't there a kber called "Mad duck"? Do you suppose he eats chicken?

I think it is a long stretch to jump from feeding scraps to ducks in the park to making cattle feed out of sheep that had scrapie (a brain disease) But yes, that is indeed the origin of mad cow disease, which appears to be linked to Creuzfeld - Jacob (sp?) disease in humans. People who have eaten meat from mad cows have a higher incidence of C-J brain sickness.

Ducks are omnivorous, but cattle are vegetarians BTW.

[Grahameeboy]

Hmmm... isn't there a kber called "Mad duck"? Do you suppose he eats chicken?

I think it is a long stretch to jump from feeding scraps to ducks in the park to making cattle feed out of sheep that had scrapie (a brain disease) But yes, that is indeed the origin of mad cow disease, which appears to be linked to Creuzfeld - Jacob (sp?) disease in humans. People who have eaten meat from mad cows have a higher incidence of C-J brain sickness.

Ducks are omnivorous, but cattle are vegetarians BTW.

Or she even........

[Blossom]

hehehe... of course ducks can eat chicken. I mean if our chickens used to eat chicken, and egg shells actually anything. Little weirdos. birds are weird.
My mum has a chicken that is turning into a rooster. oh yeah. look it up. One in 10,000 :eek: that people is weird. and we eat chicken. scary.

[Okey Dokey]

Or she even........

Ooops, I KNEW I should have checked first! Sorry, Mad Duck!

[Grahameeboy]

Ooops, I KNEW I should have checked first! Sorry, Mad Duck!

Don't worry I still think you are a girl........<_<

[Okey Dokey]

Don't worry I still think you are a girl........<_<

Now that is an alarming statement (reading your user title)!

[Grahameeboy]

Now that is an alarming statement (reading your user title)!

Indeed...what do you expect from a Londoner......

[racerhead]

WTF, you eat KFC and you're worried about what the ducks eat?

Ha that was exactly my thoughts aswell:rofl:

KFC = Kentucky Fried Crap

[Okey Dokey]

Indeed...what do you expect from a Londoner......

Dry wit and dry gin...

[Grahameeboy]

Dry wit and dry gin...

Don't drink......but you are right...

[Jaxi]

It does sound a bit mad..... I always assumed ducks to be herbivores, but they are probably up for anything chucked to them in a park! Although.... thinking what we've fed chooks over the years, someone mentioned egg shells and yeah, that it a bit odd / freaky I guess!

Apparently you can feed pigs anything.... except if feeding them offal from when you kill sheep etc... you can't feed them lungs cos they can expand inside of them....

Always kinda wanted to test that one but wasn't mean enough!

[Scouse]

Wasn't this sort of thing the essence of "mad cow disease" and all it's off shoots? :shutup:Yep looks like Good ole NZ could become ground zero for Mad Duck Disease

[klingon]

As others have said, ducks are omniverous and will readily eat bugs, fish, etc. so feeding them meat is not inherently bad. Ducks will even eat other ducks' ducklings if they get half a chance.

However, in an overcrowded and polluted environment (such as an urban waterway) botulism can be a real issue. A bit of KFC now and then probably won't do any harm, but don't overdo it (for you and the ducks!)

If there are meaty scraps left over they will encourage disease in the duck population. The ducks then crap all over the grass, children play on the grass etc etc...

I get really annoyed when the staff at Western Springs have to spend time every day fishing whole loaves of bread out of the ponds. It's the same problem - the bread rots, the birds get sick, the people get sick.

[Headbanger]

Pretty sure the rats will take care of any leftovers, The eels love a feeding frenzy as well.

And the odd sheep that comes floating along sort of makes mockery of a piece of KFC.

I keep an eye out for horses.....

[klingon]

It does sound a bit mad..... I always assumed ducks to be herbivores, but they are probably up for anything chucked to them in a park! Although.... thinking what we've fed chooks over the years, someone mentioned egg shells and yeah, that it a bit odd / freaky I guess!

Apparently you can feed pigs anything.... except if feeding them offal from when you kill sheep etc... you can't feed them lungs cos they can expand inside of them....

Always kinda wanted to test that one but wasn't mean enough!

Actually the reason for not feeding raw offal to pigs (or dogs) is hydatids. The tape worm lives in the animals' gut, and the cysts form on the lungs. There are billions of eggs in every cyst. So any animal that's going to be eaten by a human has to be free of hydatids.


Pretty sure the rats will take care of any leftovers, The eels love a feeding frenzy as well.

And the odd sheep that comes floating along sort of makes mockery of a piece of KFC.

I keep an eye out for horses.....

Yeah well that does put it in perspective. Guess you won't be drinking the water or eating the ducks then... (or the rats)

[BMWST?]

i bet chickens would eat duck....

[pete376403]

I gave our chickens the skin and fat from the Christmas ham. They love the fat, but have a bit of trouble with the skin, however once I cut it into thin strips the gulped it down. looking forward to ham flavoured eggs.

[Pixie]

Never give a gun to ducks

[Hitcher]

Wasn't this sort of thing the essence of "mad cow disease" and all it's off shoots?

Not the cause, as such, as many mammal species have an associated prion disease. BSE was comparatively rare prior to the practice of feeding low-temperature rendered cattle meat and bone meal to other cattle. Science appears to support a proposition that TSEs don't pass from one species to another.

[MadDuck]

Ooops, I KNEW I should have checked first! Sorry, Mad Duck!

Ha no worries..... a duck eating MadDuck :wari:

[doc]

Ha no worries..... a duck eating MadDuck :wari:

Well you started this. :(

I knew this pic would find a place on KB one day.

[pete376403]

At least they are both ducks...

[Hitcher]

A Muscovy duck isn't a duck, it's a goose.

[Ixion]

You are thinking of a colonial goose which is a sheep.

[Hitcher]

Was a sheep. Until it got stuffed.

[Ixion]

What then of a Bombay Duck?

[Hitcher]

I heard that those make a proper splash.

[Ixion]

So then, the duck might have been a goose or a sheep or a fish?

[Hitcher]

There has already been a recent thread involving a turducken. The fush is a new twust.

[Ixion]

A goshepen perhaps

[McDuck]

I object to that comment :cool:

I think it is a fair point

[Naki Rat]

Not the cause, as such, as many mammal species have an associated prion disease. BSE was comparatively rare prior to the practice of feeding low-temperature rendered cattle meat and bone meal to other cattle. Science appears to support a proposition that TSEs don't pass from one species to another.

There's also a school of thought that suggests that the advent of 'pour-on' external parasite treatments, some of which were derived from nerve gas, applied along the cow's spine may well be a contributing factor to BSE.

Warnings regarding consuming spinal tissues (as present in mechanically stripped beef processed into burger patties) sort of agrees with this theory.

[tri boy]

They definitely eat it, I was just munching on some KFC and throwing the scraps to the ducks in the stream that runs alongside the house.
How big was the oil slick on the water?

[Hitcher]

There's also a school of thought that suggests that the advent of 'pour-on' external parasite treatments, some of which were derived from nerve gas, applied along the cow's spine may well be a contributing factor to BSE.

Warnings regarding consuming spinal tissues (as present in mechanically stripped beef processed into burger patties) sort of agrees with this theory.

Not a credible school of thought, one would have thought.

Prion diseases affect the central nervous system. Consuming body parts like brains and spinal cords that have not been cooked to a level that denatures the prion material is a risky activity, and one that risks contagion from infected materials. That is how Kuru spreads amongst Papua New Guinean Highlanders, for example.

[thehollowmen]

at my brother's wedding, the damn ducks were stealing the steaks from the ice-bins

[Usarka]

There's a school of thought that says fish have a collective consciousness.

[Hitcher]

There's a school of thought that says fish have a collective consciousness.

If Harley riders can do it, it can't be that hard for fish.