Thread: The birds are back - feeding a pond?

Originally Posted by Tim Allen

Be careful with feeding. You may turn your resident population into a bigger but night feeding one. So many people destroy great small roosting ponds by feeding. How many people chase a gazillion ducks off first thing in the morning and wonder why the shooting is average to poor considering all the duck activity??

It would be better to feed small amounts several times a day would it not Tim?

when i fed by hand (for many years) i always fed my pond on sunrise, the birds wud fly off and circle in the distance then start coming in just as we fininshed feeding out, back then there was 8 shooters , so it didnt matter if the ducks wud return in big numbers come opening

Originally Posted by Nathan F

It would be better to feed small amounts several times a day would it not Tim?

Yes. My perfect situation would be to have a big central roosting pond and feed outlaying pot dams, leaving the roost undisturbed and allowing birds to drift back to roost in the morning...... as the perfect situation is difficult in most situations I would either feed with a pre dawn routine or use an electronic feeder to meter small feeds through the day. You'd want compitition for food, not excess laying about.

I haven't fed with any consistancy for years. Find em and hunt em

Originally Posted by Tim Allen

Yes. My perfect situation would be to have a big central roosting pond and feed outlaying pot dams, leaving the roost undisturbed and allowing birds to drift back to roost in the morning...... as the perfect situation is difficult in most situations I would either feed with a pre dawn routine or use an electronic feeder to meter small feeds through the day. You'd want compitition for food, not excess laying about.

I haven't fed with any consistancy for years. Find em and hunt em

Yeah that sounds about right. Very small amounts throughout the day. Ive heard of guys putting a sheet of tin next to the feeder so when it spits out the grain it makes plenty of noise hitting the tin. Be like an alarm clock to come and get a feed .