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While experts warn that adding other foods to a complete ration can cause an unhealthy imbalance of nutrients, in practice, many raisers do treat their ducks to garden and kitchen goodies, from bread heels to berries. avoid offering your ducks spoiled, sugary, fatty or—if you keep layers—strongly flavored foods, such as onions and garlic, that may impart their flavor to eggs. Similarly, a fish-heavy diet can affect the taste of duck meat. chopped dark leafy greens and hard-boiled eggs make healthy additions to any duck’s diet. offer extras — particularly bread and other starchy foods — in limited amounts: too much of these items will ruin your ducks’ appetite for their more nutritious fare.