I use a similar method, i have some stepping stones between the house and the duck-house and deposit small amounts of cracked corn on these. Yes, that works fine, but i still have to do that and due to my job i am not able to hold on to any kind of schedule, so the idea is to build or obtain...
Showed the TSC web-site to the ducks today and asked them what they would like to have. Before anybody else could act, Blanca Duck jumped forward and poked at this item...
Here is the problem: These are wild mallards! They may not be here on mornings, but come from somewhere else around noon. I had placed poultry feeders outside, close to the house and they got knocked over and in one ocasion trampled by the deer, who are also after the cracked corn. And if the...
My ducks wish they had a couple of these:
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/ware-chick-n-nesting-box?utm_source=pepperjam&utm_medium=affiliate&cid=pepperjam-affiliate-210107&affiliate_id=210107&click_id=4210461210&clickId=4210461210
So they wouldn't have to lay their eggs somewhere...
I like to have one of these feeders:
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/overez-chicken-feeder-oezcf?cm_vc=-10005&utm_source=pepperjam&utm_medium=affiliate&cid=pepperjam-affiliate-210107&affiliate_id=210107&click_id=4210460561&clickId=4210460561
Not for my ducks, but for the poor wild...