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how to feed pond

  • 29-08-2011 5:55pm
    #1
    Dupont
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    got a bag ofrolled barley and am going to feed pond tonight.how much for 1 acre pond,do i put it in water or on edge of bank


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  • #2
    wildfowler94
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    Your feeding abit late for the first but if there was duck there it will keep them!! as much as you think yourself! put it in the margins of the pond with some in the water!!

    WF


  • #3
    Monet.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Monet.


    put the feed in water that 5 to 8 inches deep so that ducks can get at and not the rats......


  • #4
    baikilpm
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    I would not over feed. Just a bucket or two every day in the shallow parts. enough to keep them around. but ar there duck on it allready or are you trying to attract some on to it?


  • #5
    Dupont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭Dupont


    wildfowler94 wrote: »
    Your feeding abit late for the first but if there was duck there it will keep them!! as much as you think yourself! put it in the margins of the pond with some in the water!!

    WF

    have fed it before but have used spuds
    baikilpm wrote: »
    I would not over feed. Just a bucket or two every day in the shallow parts. enough to keep them around. but ar there duck on it allready or are you trying to attract some on to it?

    a bucketful:eek:like a yellow builders bucket :confused: i was thinking about 6-8 cup fulls. there is duck aleady on it,but if its the same as any other year there will be none on the first.


  • #6
    Dupont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭Dupont


    just when im on about feeding,what height do you leave the spring at for pheasant feeders,and is it allright to store rolled barley in an airtight container or will it sweat


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  • #7
    welsummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭welsummer


    wildfowler94 wrote: »
    Your feeding abit late for the first but if there was duck there it will keep them!! as much as you think yourself! put it in the margins of the pond with some in the water!!

    WF
    me personally i would never feed above the water line as it attracts crows and then the attention of passer bys. i scatted an 8 stone bag of barley around the edge of the pond in about 6 to 9 inches of water. We shoot our ponds about every 10 days so on the next visit it gets another 8 stone of barley.There are three of us that shoot together and have 2 ponds,and an bag of barley cost about €10 . The way we work it is that we bring a bag of barley in turn so that thakes the pressure of. Whole barley is far superier that rolled barley as it sinks to the bottem and does not float to the edge as much and feed the local crow population


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