bishop Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Would someone be so kind as to indicate the costs involved in rearing mallard .I am told £28 per bird but i find this figure slightly high given i am not completely ignorant to the field.As much info as anyone is willing to supply as trying to persuade members this is a good idea will rest on the economics as much as the conservation aspect of any duck rearing projects. your thanks in advance. Allen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Surely £28 a bird is nearer the cost to the gun to shoot the end product! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Would someone be so kind as to indicate the costs involved in rearing mallard .I am told £28 per bird but i find this figure slightly high given i am not completely ignorant to the field.As much info as anyone is willing to supply as trying to persuade members this is a good idea will rest on the economics as much as the conservation aspect of any duck rearing projects. your thanks in advance. Allen. From eggs chicks,??. About the same a pheasant mate,,But REMEMBER,Do raise them anywhere NEAR Pheasants.. Its a big no,no,.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 If you buy them in at 6week old the cost is about £5 per bird this price is based on our costs last year for 3000 pheasant and 1000 duck and is just for pellet and wheat plus the cost of the bird £3.50 we start in september on the duck so by october the number of duck is down a lot so this price would go up if you keep them longer but not to £28 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Holding them is expensive in food. They are voracious birds. Like a winged labrador. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlander Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 From eggs chicks,??. About the same a pheasant mate,,But REMEMBER,Do raise them anywhere NEAR Pheasants.. Its a big no,no,.. Interesting, why do you not raise them anywhere near pheasants?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerkev09 Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Ducks are very messy creatures and disease will spread to your pheasants in no time ducks have a higher immune system. I reared 200 one year worse thing I ever did they stripped 3/4 of my rearing field then paddled it into a mud bath Learn from my mistake it's not worth the bother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 If you have water put a few call ducks on and feed it I up, barley in spin feeders and potatoes tipped near the margins. If you shoot every fortnight it should yield a decent bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 If you have water put a few call ducks on and feed it I up, barley in spin feeders and potatoes tipped near the margins. If you shoot every fortnight it should yield a decent bag. Yes, it's surprising how many duck will flight into even a small pond that's fed regularly. I used to use old barley that had been lying around too long and chuck about 5lb a day into a shallow pond of less than 1/4 acre that we'd scraped out of a bit of low lying ground using a diverted ditch as the water source. I'd start feeding about mid August, and it wouldn't take long before there'd be near a hundred a night coming into it. The key is not to over-shoot - once a fortnight- and to mske sure the pond stays fed. On that score, little and often seems to do better than too much at irregular intervals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 I might have added that we never had any call duck or even duck on at all in the summer. 'Feed it and they'll come', is the motto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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