Table 2. Duck Feed Formulas.
                                                                                                     Type of Formula
Ingredients Starter  Grower  Breeder 
(day old to 2 weeks)  (2 weeks to market) 
pounds pounds pounds 
Ground wheat  50 60  30 
Wheat shorts 20 20 20
Wheat middlings 20 20 20
Ground yellow corn 30 30 30
Pulverized oats  —  — 22
Ground barley 34  34 
Dehydrated green feed  6 6 20
Meat meal (50% protein) 4 5 4
Fish meal (65% protein)  5 3 8
Dried whey 4 4 6
Soybean oil meal  
(44% protein)
21 13 30
Ground limestone 2 2 5
Dicalcium phosphate 2 2 3
Iodized salt 1 1 2
Vitamin A supplement, stabilized, (10,000 I.U./gm)  0.05 0.05 0.05
Vitamin D3 supplement, (1,500 I.C.U./gm)  0.10  0.10  0.20 
Manganese sulfate  
(feed grade)
0.025  0.025  0.05 
Vitamin B12 supplement  
(6 mg/lb)
0.10 0.10 0.20
grams grams grams
Riboflavin .20 .20 .30
Niacin 2.00 2.00 2.00