BigLar368
Songster
We have 4 Welsh harlequins all female. They came with 16 other chickens we ordered and received on June 8th this year. So now as we speak we have 20 chickens and just the 4 ducks. We like to go out and feed them some kind of treat of left overs every day. Flies have been a small problem but I put up a trap and it died down for a couple of weeks.
Couple of days ago I seen one duck chasing something in the yard. Her head was down way low and as she ran her head would strike....like a snake. I soon learned she was catching flies. Now they all do it. If their afternoon treat is not watermelon, peas, or meal worms they just hunt flies when we throw whatever food down in the afternoons. We have seen them do it for an hour or more. And yes we keep them fed well and often. I buy 20 pound sacks of rice which is very cheap here....around 8 bucks a sack. I cook three pounds at a time with a quart of some scratch grains and feed them a big portion every morning. Usually last ab out a week. They also free range all day in the back yard. Needless to say I have not see a lizard, frog, or any other kind of insect other than flies in the past few weeks.
Couple of days ago I seen one duck chasing something in the yard. Her head was down way low and as she ran her head would strike....like a snake. I soon learned she was catching flies. Now they all do it. If their afternoon treat is not watermelon, peas, or meal worms they just hunt flies when we throw whatever food down in the afternoons. We have seen them do it for an hour or more. And yes we keep them fed well and often. I buy 20 pound sacks of rice which is very cheap here....around 8 bucks a sack. I cook three pounds at a time with a quart of some scratch grains and feed them a big portion every morning. Usually last ab out a week. They also free range all day in the back yard. Needless to say I have not see a lizard, frog, or any other kind of insect other than flies in the past few weeks.