Advice needed for duck daily feeding

[Spotgieter]

My husband works from home and takes care of the feeding and watering of our ducks, but he's having severe back pain and can hardly walk. I need advice on feeders or ways to get them fresh water and food during the day.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

If your current duck house and run are suitable, I'm a big proponent of "automatic dog watering bowls" or better yet, "stock tank switches" attached to either a rainwater collection system or a household water service. The thing about ducks, as you know, is that they will rapidly foul any water source, so the deeper the bowl, the better - less frequent cleaning.

and feeder design relies, in part, on feed design. PVC J feeders really need pellets to work best. I assume the same is largely true of the elbow bucket feeders - but both are capable of storing a significant amount of feed to dispense over time.

 

[nuthatched]

large capacity gravity feeders?

 

[Yardmom]

Kiddie pools are relatively cheap. We use a couple in our ducks pen for when they do not free range. Any thing that holds food and they can put their bill in works for feed.