Any ideas on how to keep 10-15 muscovies out of my ducks feed?

[Kimmyh51]

I’m a renter and cannot cover the area I feed my birds in and the muscovies just fly over fences
i can’t have them removed (long story rather than me explain it, pls just trust that I can’t have them removed by anyone or remove them myself….). so I need to find a way to feed my own birds but not them. My feed bill has gone up $30 a week due to these birds and my own birds who used to have plenty of feed I refilled the feeders every day are now always hungry and making a lot of noise.

its 10-15 muscovies.. do they eat that much in a week? (25+kg pelleted feed is what I’m out since they arrived)

 

[Painted Calls]

Unless the Muscovies go, or you pen up your own birds securely, there isn't really a way to feed one without the other getting it.

 

[allenw]

What is the size difference in your birds and the Muscovy's? I'm thinking a covered area to place your feeder with slates spaced wide enough for your birds but would exclude the Moscovys. Something like a creep feeder.

 

[kerbotx]

Can you attach a photo of your setup? It's hard for me to imagine how being a renter would allow for a run that is too big to cover with a tarp or some bird netting. As a lifelong renter myself, I might be jealous!

 

[3KillerBs]

Whose muscovies?

Are these wild/feral birds or is their owner failing to confine them to their own property?

Most places in the US require an animal's owner to keep said animal on the owner's property.