The Eastern poultryman (1904) The Eastern poultryman easternpoultryma57unse Year: 1904 THE EASTERN POULTRYMAN. 105 Duck Feeding. (Written for the Eastern Poultryman.) Have you ever stopped to think of the amount of food that is wasted among your flock of hens or ducks each year? Ducks more especially are very wasteful of food and it is a matter of no small im- portance when you raise thousands of them as many of the large breeders do. Even when only a hundred or so are raised it pays to save every cent's worth possible. Hens and chickens do not waste enough food to worry about unless they are
The Eastern poultryman (1904) The Eastern poultryman easternpoultryma57unse Year: 1904 THE EASTERN POULTRYMAN. 105 Duck Feeding. (Written for the Eastern Poultryman.) Have you ever stopped to think of the amount of food that is wasted among your flock of hens or ducks each year? Ducks more especially are very wasteful of food and it is a matter of no small im- portance when you raise thousands of them as many of the large breeders do. Even when only a hundred or so are raised it pays to save every cent's worth possible. Hens and chickens do not waste enough food to worry about unless they are fed more than they can possibly eat and that of course is a matter entirely under the control of the operator. In any well regulated poultry yard the at- tendant nearly always goes through the pens as soon as the birds are through eating and carefully removes all food that they may have left. After one has fed a flock for a few limes they can read- ily estimate the amount of food necessary for each meal without leaving any to waste. In feeding ducks, however, it is quite a different matter as any one will readily see that has ever watched them eat soft food. They shovel their mouths full of it and then pulling their heads back over the edge of the feed dish, proceed to dis- tribute about a quarter of it evenly over the ground about them. The best way to prevent this that we have ever used is to nail a board to the bottom of the trough on each side, letting them project five or six inches all along both sides. Then instead of spilling the food out on the ground the ducks will drop it on the boards and what they leave there can easily be gathered up and dumped into a pail. The food thus saved is in nearly every case fit to mix with the next meal's supply and should be placed in a cool place out of reach of the sun. After sat- isfying the cravings of hunger they de- light in filling their bills full of food and then running to the water dishes will, let the greater part of it fal
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