Duck Food

[Crystal K]

What do you feed your ducks? Do you leave food out all day or do you schedule it?

 

[Maddog_photog]

My ducks have constant access during the day to Purina duck chow. I dump a bowl of chopped fruit into their water bowls when I let em out in the AM. At night I put them away with a water with veggies - cabbage, lettuce, stuff that floats. And corn, to help keep them warm overnight. My ducks are the picture perfect definition of spoiled.

 

[Augie1]

What do you feed your ducks? Do you leave food out all day or do you schedule it?

I semi free-range mine in an orchard. They have access to food and water. From 7:30 to 5. The food is Chicken Hen layer pellets from a local mill. I don't give them water and food at night due to mess.

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

I let mine have access 24/7, i wish i didn't, but at this point it is like “feeding the birds” and they expect it, so i deal with the mess. I use nutria all flock and with 8 ducks and 29,000 chipmunks I go through about 50 lbs in 10 ish days.

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

My ducks are in with the chickens (serious hawk problems here). Ducks and hens have all-day access to all-flock and good layer feed, and both disappear at about the same pace. Midmorning they get a bunch of green things and a few treats.

 

[RJKnott]

I use Purina and they have access 24/7. have to clear their coops out every few days and put fresh straw down but its what they are used to and they don't eat much during the day i have noticed. they tend to forage for worms and bugs during the day in their pen, and eat their food mostly at night before bed time.

 

[featherhead007]

Every time I go to the park, (I feel like duck food) just saying!

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

I feed Mazuri Waterfowl Maintenance with a small amount of cracked corn added in the winter + mealworms as treats. They have food and water available 24/7, although the food and water is in the main part of the barn, outside of their stall in which they sleep. The darn barn mice eat an unknown, but likely large amount at night, and there’s a couple of chipmunks that share during the warmer months.

Edited to add: I also give them greens during the winter. During the summer, they are part-time free-rangers, so they eat whatever delicious things they can find. Frogs are the ultimate treat!