ollie Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Just wandering all you guys who shoot a flight pond what feeding do you use. We use a mixture of wheat, kibbled maze and then we usually chop up crab apples, rotten spuds and any vegetable peelings. The mallard go nuts for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Your feeding regime sounds fine to me. We've found that most vegetables and peelings are fine, but avoid onion. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight32 Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 I get plenty of potatoes, and I have an old chipper which I run them through and also get 5 bags of peelings from a local chip shop. Aside that I bang down millet and barley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancs Lad Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 rape and barley... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 rape and barley... Why rape ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Teal love rape for some reason. I get a mix from one farm which is basically the sweepings off the floor, it is usually a mix of wheat barley and rape. I am sure there is a technical name for it but I don't know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy_D Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 with the rape do you just chuck it on the floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight32 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 with the rape do you just chuck it on the floor? As with all ponds, drop it into the shallow margins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 I used to be the keeper on one of the largest waterfowl collections in the world where we had over a 100 of different types of ducks , geese and swans. We fed them all sorts of food , but wheat was their prefered corn. Barley has the advantage in that it floats better than wheat for a short wile , but given the choice all types of duck ( mallards , wigeon , teal , tufted , pochard and even fish eating mergansers ) prefer wheat. If you doubt this give a pen of mallard an over filled dish of mixed barley , oats and wheat and any other seed you fancy. Look the next morning and you will find all the wheat has been eaten , and its the barley , ect thats left. However mallard do seem to prefer to feed on barley fields , though I suspect that they find it easy to gather up the seeds compared to wheat when its still in the ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy_D Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 what about crushed maize? i have loads of bags of the stuff from our dryer!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 It will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 what about crushed maize? i have loads of bags of the stuff from our dryer!? Like I said in my original post I mix kibbled maize in with the rest. I always feed our pond in the shallows, though recently we've had a bit of trouble with grey crows at the feeding because they see the chopped crab apples floating. Have to agree with Anser, wheat seems to be the preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babka3487 Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 We use a mix of wheat and barley on ours and it seems to do the trick. Although last time we where out we did see a lot of ducks flying up the valley showing absolutely no interest in our pond as they passed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleTap Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 On my ponds i give them wheat or barley. I find there is no point in giving them all this cut up vegetable pelings and so on. I feel that basic barley or wheat do the trick just aswell. Another reason I use this is because I get it free off the farmer from his storage barns. All I have to do is bag some up and take the quad to the pond and feed in the shallows the opposite side of the pond from the hide Hope this helps, T96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 On my ponds i give them wheat or barley. I find there is no point in giving them all this cut up vegetable pelings and so on. I feel that basic barley or wheat do the trick just aswell. Another reason I use this is because I get it free off the farmer from his storage barns. All I have to do is bag some up and take the quad to the pond and feed in the shallows the opposite side of the pond from the hide Hope this helps, T96 I find the veg peelings are a good way of recyling the peelings rather than chucking them in the bin, also in our situation where the pond doesn't get fed every evening due to work it gives something for the ducks to feed on when they have scoffed all the grain. Also chopped up crab apples are good for this and they are free as there is an endless supply of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Don't forget the rape as the teal love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleTap Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 I suppose that is a good idea for recycling. The reason i dont like peelings is because on my pond i used it for a week or so but only had a few ducks come in to feed when i sat on the bank counting them in, only a few mallard. I have used barley and wheat on my pond from the very first time i fed it. Maybe that is why they dont like the peelings because they are so used to the food they have been eating(barley and wheat). Great tip for recycling Ollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 I suppose that is a good idea for recycling. The reason i dont like peelings is because on my pond i used it for a week or so but only had a few ducks come in to feed when i sat on the bank counting them in, only a few mallard. I have used barley and wheat on my pond from the very first time i fed it. Maybe that is why they dont like the peelings because they are so used to the food they have been eating(barley and wheat).Great tip for recycling Ollie I mix the peelings, crab apples with wheat and kibbled maize. Seems to work for me although all we have is mallard, get very few teal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 We've got 3 small ponds on our litttle 'ol rough shoot . We put barley in around the edges and the odd bag of wheat. There are feeders close by all ponds and the ducks also use these. Just to put some scale on it we put 15 mallard off last Saturday and shot 3. Most leaked around the side where we decided not to put a gun All the duck are "wild" in that we don't put any down, they add a nice bit of variety though and are worth the trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millrace Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 well now if anyone fancy's bit of diy.....get couple of pallets cut and fit light ply deck....4x1 rough sawn with edge just bout 1'' above ply...add some builders insulation shts inbetween runers to make it float and put it on pond with all the rotten choped spuds you can get,,either peg them in or use rope and make them retractable...and watch them spuds goe.....and i b very surprised if your duck numbers dont increase...works treat with me and also feed with wheat round edges...but its the floaters that really do the buisness....they feel safer feeding in the middle i guess..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 well now if anyone fancy's bit of diy.....get couple of pallets cut and fit light ply deck....4x1 rough sawn with edge just bout 1'' above ply...add some builders insulation shts inbetween runers to make it float and put it on pond with all the rotten choped spuds you can get,,either peg them in or use rope and make them retractable...and watch them spuds goe.....and i b very surprised if your duck numbers dont increase...works treat with me and also feed with wheat round edges...but its the floaters that really do the buisness....they feel safer feeding in the middle i guess..... I attract enough grey (hooded) crows to my pond already without giving them a floating piece of wood to feed on . Good tip though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millrace Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 crows etc dont ceem to go on them at all......esp if it floats and hence moves as they land!!!!..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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