[Kathie]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me if ducks and ducklings should have food available all day as do hens or should there be particular feeding sessions?
Thanks

[OpiumEater]

I'd say all day, as they would feed as and when like in the wild.

BUT I don't have ducks  , though if I did, that's what I'd do.

[Kathie]

Thanks OE, that's what we have been doing, so unless told otherwise will carry on.

[Honeysuckle]

Our ducks have food available all day    Must be honest, didn't occur to me not to make it available all day! 

[Spana]

My ducks live a semi-wild life with open water to swim in and plenty of land to roam over so i feed morning and afternoon in the winter  and once a day in the afternoon in the summer.  If i had food  about all the time it would  just be eaten by wild birds and other nasties which i dont want to encourage 
So i would say a lot depends on your situation.

[orchardlady]

Our 4 Kaki Campbells have as much free access to food as the hens during the day and in the afternoons when I scatter mixed corn I put a nice big scoop of it into their paddling pool as they are much less pushy than the hens and I think that this way they get their fair share. When I close all the birds up for the night I tip the water from the ducks paddling pool and there is usually a greedy hen waiting to get the last few grain the ducks didn't want who gobbles these up and then retires to bed. You could do this method in a shallow container to.

Orchardlady.

[Sassy]

I also have Khakis and they have food available all day.