Norrie Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Hiya, Went for an early morning stroll this morning, round one of the farms with Camie ...we were looking for a Roe, as I'd seen a couple when I was up last year.....without a gun I must add... :blink: Anyway, came to the bigger of my three flight ponds, and saw what we thought were Coots, got a bit closer, and realised they were Teal... we tried to get to the bush that will eventually become the hide, and lifted about 25-30 of the birds...they swung round a couple of times, but eventually flew off towards the pond over the hill. This all came as a great surprise....as, this is the first i've seen Teal here. I've only ever seen a few pairs of Mallard, but was going to add to them this year with some "bought" birds... I've only had permission on this farm since late spring last year, and haven't gotten myself organised setting out feeders for Mallard yet. I'm definately getting this sorted this year, as Camie has around 1 dozen feeders for us to use ...so, what I'd like to know is, how do I hold the Teal on the ponds??? Will they share the ponds with Mallard ??, or will the ponds only hold either Mallard or Teal...?? Thanks in advance guys.. Wee pic of said pond this morning.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamekeeper1960 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Hi norrie, yes without a doubt teal and mallard will share a pond the only thing do to keep them there is feed them .barleys good even better If you can find someone who dresses their own as the small barley is even better, just make sure where ever you feed them the waters not to deep as teal prefer to dabble in about five to six inches of water .if you've got a bit of bank where they can get out they love old potatoes which if you just chop them up and leave them on the bank so they get the frost into they will keep them coming back.If you can run to one of the auto feeder then so much the better as you dont have to go every day. Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 aye spuds n barley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrie Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Great stuff guys...thanks for that... The pond is nice and shallow in close, and gets deeper up to about 4-5 feet in the middle...so much so, I'm even considering a few Rainbow Trout for the summer evenings... There is a local grain dealer, about 1/2 mile from here, so, will have a word with him about the small grain..AND, guess who's wife works in the local spar, where they get a good few bags of potatoes going out of date..they used to just throw them out...not anymore they dont.... I'll have a talk with Camie, see what he thinks about an auto feeder... Thanks again guys.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Teal love rape seed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaran Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 You might think im jokin, but I have heard that ducks love rotten bananas aswell as spuds and barley... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 For sure they will work together and the scoff mentioned will do the trick.Ive always found though that teal can be here today and gone tomorrow for no reason at all.Fine wee quarry but they never seem to stick around long on one pond here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.