TwistedTayy
Songster
So I have 4 jumbo pekins (4 weeks) that are outside full time and 2 goslings 3 weeks) and 15 WH (1.5 weeks) still inside. They have all been getting purina flock raiser from the same bag and it is dry and perfect with no problems.. for the inside peeps. Everyone gets a mix of flock raiser, nutritional yeast and grit (with additional free choice grit), the pekins are starting to get purina duck feed mixed in too (1c duck feed : 4c flock raiser mix).
last week I went to change out the feeder for the pekins and found a BUNCH of maggots around the feeder where they had spilled feed. This grossed me out so I moved them to a much bigger coop that we built for the WH until we could clean and treat their smaller coop.
Today I went to do the same thing but found the maggots INSIDE their feeder. So now I’m wondering if maybe the flock raiser is susceptible some how and I should change their feed? Or maybe it’s the nutritional yeast? I know that maggots come from flies but maybe those ingredients make the “perfect” environment?
In the meantime I took an unused seedling tray and dumped their food in.
does anyone have any suggestions? Or had this problem? Or feeder/food suggestions? I don’t want this issue to multiply as ducks/geese move out of the brooder. This is my first flock of waterfowl and the first flock at all on this farm. The pekins are more or less an experiment to see what works so I’m glad but also…
last week I went to change out the feeder for the pekins and found a BUNCH of maggots around the feeder where they had spilled feed. This grossed me out so I moved them to a much bigger coop that we built for the WH until we could clean and treat their smaller coop.
Today I went to do the same thing but found the maggots INSIDE their feeder. So now I’m wondering if maybe the flock raiser is susceptible some how and I should change their feed? Or maybe it’s the nutritional yeast? I know that maggots come from flies but maybe those ingredients make the “perfect” environment?
In the meantime I took an unused seedling tray and dumped their food in.
does anyone have any suggestions? Or had this problem? Or feeder/food suggestions? I don’t want this issue to multiply as ducks/geese move out of the brooder. This is my first flock of waterfowl and the first flock at all on this farm. The pekins are more or less an experiment to see what works so I’m glad but also…