What is the best duck feeder?

[Studabird]

The post thread says it all... what is the best duck feeder? Nothing fancy or automatic just the best way to get feed delivered to the ducks. I currently ha e two chick feeders that seem to be working fine but since they have wider bills just wanted to know what you all do. Thanks for any input

 

[Isaac 0]

I use rubber livestock bowls.

 

[Studabird]

Thank you.

 

[YodaBat]

The post thread says it all... what is the best duck feeder? Nothing fancy or automatic just the best way to get feed delivered to the ducks. I currently ha e two chick feeders that seem to be working fine but since they have wider bills just wanted to know what you all do. Thanks for any input

I use window planters. Cheap replaceable.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

depends on how many ducks you have. i have 5 and i use a few large dog bowls so that i can easily refill the food and empty out any wet or not fresh feed

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I go to The Christmas Tree Shop and get the larger ceramic bowls with pretty designs because well they're pretty They're actually cheaper than just buying dog dishes, you can find larger sizes and I've even found them in the clearance section for as cheap as $1.50 a piece.

 

[Yardfulla poopers]

Mine eat out of the same PVC feeders as my chickens. The picture shows them closed for the night, I take the caps off first thing in the morning.

 

[LT71689]

Kinda depends on how many you've got/how much feed you're trying to supply them with, but anything wide/heavy enough to not tip over when they inevitably forget they have feet and try to walk right over it is suitable. Dog bowls with sides that slant outward are good because they cant tip. I used heavy-bottomed ramekins and soup bowls when I had just two.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

As everybody said: It all depends on your ducks, how many you have, their personality and your personality…
I started with the classic hanging plastic feeder, dangling on a long rope from the ceiling of the duck house. Good, unless you have a duck with a weird sense of humour who pecks only at one side of the feeder, causing it to rotate faster and faster and faster until the pellets are being flung out. - And then of course the tension that has built up in the rope will make the feeder spin backwards at even higher speed, flinging out even more feed…

Currently i am using a rubbermaid tote as the main feeder, it has three "feeding ports" - holes in one side with a street-elbow glued into. This is available 24x7x365 for any hungry duck who wants a snack. Blanca Duck sometimes falls asleep with her head still in the pellets:
This kind of feeder eliminates a lot of feed waste but causes justling from time to time when too many ducks turn into wild wolves.
The Fall Ducklings are eating out of the standard plastic feeder as i have to keep them separate from the rest of the flock for at least three more weeks, but this time the feeder is standing on a brick, not hanging.
And for the evening ritual ( Alle Enten gehen jetzt schlafen! - All ducks go to sleep now!), i am using a cheap window planter, which will be tossed around in the duck-house overnight and sooner or later be broken into pieces. But those are cheap here!