Wild birds eating duck food

[jaragon6676]

I have wild birds here in AZ that eat all my duck food. Is it okay that I pick up the duck feeder. Basically what I've been doing is putting it down for 30min when I let them out of there house in the morning. Then I pick it up and put it in the shed. Then again for 30min at noon. Then again for 30min at 5pm. Then I lock them up in there house at 7:30pm. And the same cycle the next day and so on. Is it okay that I do it this way? They do eat right when I put it down so I know they are eating.

 

[TLWR]

It's fine - they know by now that it is eat when you have it out or wait.


My chickens/ducks are kind enough to share with the local cardinal population and the occasional other bird.

 

[jaragon6676]

Ok thanks. These birds ate almost the whole feeder in less than one day! And I don't have the money to buy food everyweek.

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

I feed my ducks once a day for the same reason and not only bcz I can't afford to feed all the wild birds... While I can't worry about everything, personally I just don't like the wild birds around for bio security reasons. Just me $0.02 Once your ducks are adults, they should be able to deal with food once or twice per day.

 

[Going Quackers]

Do you have an option to feed them in the coop? the only thing i would make sure is the whole flock gets enough.. i have covered feeders some wild birds are about but not enough to make a dent in my feed... also my birds free range so are technically with wild birds and eating where they do all the time, that said if yours are having a chow down and depleting your feed that quickly I understand your issue is different.