Xerocles
Loving the herd life
I called my local feed store to inquire if they had duck food. "no sir, we don't have enough call to warrant keeping it in stock, but I can order you some"
So I called Tractor Supply. (Closer than the feed store) "Do you carry duck starter, duck growth, or duck food?"
"Let me check. No, but we have chick starter and scratch feed. That's what we recommend."
"You recommend chick starter for ducklings? But it doesn't have enough niacin for ducks. They'll have weak legs and possibly die. OK, do you have niacin?"
"What"
"Vitamin B3?"
"Huh?"
"Brewers yeast?"
"I never heard of that" DUH!
"OK, Thank you for looking."
So I went to TSC to get chick starter, figuring to find brewers yeast SOMEWHERE. Left TSC with a 50lb bag of DUCK pellets and a 5lb bag of duckling crumbles. Go figure.
SO, if you have a TSC with knowledgable people who know or can find out what they carry, and who DON'T "recommend" things that can be potentially bad for your animals, when this "social distancing" thing is over, give them a hug. For my TSC, I'm thinking more along the lines of my foot and well padded parts of their anatomy.
So I called Tractor Supply. (Closer than the feed store) "Do you carry duck starter, duck growth, or duck food?"
"Let me check. No, but we have chick starter and scratch feed. That's what we recommend."
"You recommend chick starter for ducklings? But it doesn't have enough niacin for ducks. They'll have weak legs and possibly die. OK, do you have niacin?"
"What"
"Vitamin B3?"
"Huh?"
"Brewers yeast?"
"I never heard of that" DUH!
"OK, Thank you for looking."
So I went to TSC to get chick starter, figuring to find brewers yeast SOMEWHERE. Left TSC with a 50lb bag of DUCK pellets and a 5lb bag of duckling crumbles. Go figure.
SO, if you have a TSC with knowledgable people who know or can find out what they carry, and who DON'T "recommend" things that can be potentially bad for your animals, when this "social distancing" thing is over, give them a hug. For my TSC, I'm thinking more along the lines of my foot and well padded parts of their anatomy.