How often/much do you feed your ducks?

[JNC]

Mine start yelling and quacking like crazy when they run out of food. Is that normal? Also is 2 months old enough to stop free feeding?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mine have feed and water the whole day they are outside and they are all adults but 2 that are 8 weeks old. Duckling need a lot of nutrients I wouldn’t limit their feed.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I have automatic feeders with nutrena all flock because the ducks and chickens share that. I also sprinkle some mazuri waterfowl maintenance into their big water bucket morning and evening. they eat that right up. like gobble gobble . I try to distract the chickens from it but sometimes they eat some too.

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

I can't leave food out for the ducks all day or the rats and chickens will eat it, so I feed them morning and evening. In the morning I feed them only what they'll eat in about five minutes because they don't care much about breakfast and are too excited to get let out into the yard. I give them a bigger dinner a couple of hours before bed and by that time they are alwsys quacking at me for food. I started out giving them 0.4 lbs of food per duck but I adjust based on how much they have left. I like to see just a small amount of food left when they are done so I know they are getting enough.

 

[HeritageFan]

I can't leave food out for the ducks all day or the rats and chickens will eat it, so I feed them morning and evening. In the morning I feed them only what they'll eat in about five minutes because they don't care much about breakfast and are too excited to get let out into the yard. I give them a bigger dinner a couple of hours before bed and by that time they are alwsys quacking at me for food. I started out giving them 0.4 lbs of food per duck but I adjust based on how much they have left. I like to see just a small amount of food left when they are done so I know they are getting enough.

I have mouse issues but still leave food out 24/7 for my ducks and turkeys.
No rats.
No outside cats- we lost our last one a few months ago
I don’t miss the poo in my pots around the house...but I’m not sure that I wouldn’t rather deal w the poo/ covering the pots vs being over run by mice.

Looking forward to more feedback

 

[Sequestered Ridge Ranch]

Three times a day, morning to let them out, noon for treat and evening before they put themselves to bed. Then I close their door a hour or two later.
Not feeding them as they have nothing else to eat, just enough to supplement their intake.

 

[CoriM]

I leave food out for my ducks all day long but they don't get it at night when they go into their closed sleeping area. I think they should definitely have access to it all day.