I was wondering how much those of you who free-range feed their ducks. Mine free-range - they have a bush they like to sit under during the heat of the day and go out to forage in the evenings and early mornings. We have 5 acres but the ducks hate to go out into open spaces so they only come out into the land in the front of our house when we cut our lawn (to get all the crickets that are running away ) They spend most of their time in the garden and around the area of their kiddie pool. However, I find that I'm still going through one 50lb bag of feed about every two weeks for 11 ducks. Will have to see if that number will go down now that it is summer but I was just wondering what your experiences on that were.
Ideally I would love to completely phase them off of feed at least in the summer months, but not really sure how I would go about that, or if it's even possible. One thing I've noticed is that while the ducks love to forage, they're not so great about picking apart kitchen scraps because of their blunt bills.
So I want to hear from you! How much space your girls (and boys) have, any tips for getting them out into land where there's a lot of good stuff, etc.
Ideally I would love to completely phase them off of feed at least in the summer months, but not really sure how I would go about that, or if it's even possible. One thing I've noticed is that while the ducks love to forage, they're not so great about picking apart kitchen scraps because of their blunt bills.
So I want to hear from you! How much space your girls (and boys) have, any tips for getting them out into land where there's a lot of good stuff, etc.