Ducks going through food ultra fast

[CHlCKEN]

I had been buying small eight pound bags of feed so I wouldn’t have to deal with the large fifty pound bags I had been buying before. I have only four ducks but they go through these eight pound bags of food in just under a day and a half which seems honestly quite hard to believe. Should they be eating that much?

 

[casportpony]

How much do they weigh?

 

[CHlCKEN]

How much do they weigh?

Couldn’t tell you. They’re six and a half months old. I have a Pekin, Cayuga, Swedish, and Ancona.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Couldn’t tell you. They’re six and a half months old. I have a Pekin, Cayuga, Swedish, and Ancona.

I should estimate that their weights differ greatly, as my Pekin visually is almost twice the size as my Swedish.

 

[casportpony]

The Metzer site says a 7 week old 7 pound ducking eats 3.9 pounds a week.
https://www.metzerfarms.com/daily-feed-water-ducklings.html

 

[CHlCKEN]

The Metzer site says a 7 week old 7 pound ducking eats 3.9 pounds a week.
https://www.metzerfarms.com/daily-feed-water-ducklings.html
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They seem to be eating around a pound a day each, if I am to assume they’re all eating an equal amount. I’ll look and see if I can find a chart for ducks their age.

 

[Angel07]

Are they free range or in a run?

 

[casportpony]

They seem to be eating around a pound a day each, if I am to assume they’re all eating an equal amount. I’ll look and see if I can find a chart for ducks their age.

I was just gonna reply and say that's about what my juvenile Muscovy ducks eat.

 

[CHlCKEN]

I was just gonna reply and say that's about what my juvenile Muscovy ducks eat.

What is? A pound a day, or what’s on the chart?

 

[CHlCKEN]

Are they free range or in a run?

In a run with free range time most days.