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    (Help) Duck limping

    This is an informative thread about niacin deficiency. Perhaps you'll find the info about dosage for niacin there. Hopefully you have a type that is for animals. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/
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    (Help) Duck limping

    Also, you should have oyster shell available in a seperate dish for your female. She will crave it and her body needs it as long as she's producing eggs. She will just eat what she needs.
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    (Help) Duck limping

    You should definitely be giving them duck feed if at all possible - pellets or crumbles, and if you can't get that, chicken feed is okay but you have to supplement extra niacin. Because pekins are heavy weight birds you probably should supplement extra niacin no matter what - their legs need the...
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    (Help) Duck limping

    Is it possible for you to get duck feed or chicken feed? They aren't getting enough nutrition with what you're feeding them, and that could possibly be the cause of the limp as well as the egg laying - although they often taper in the fall and stop for the winter, especially after the first year.
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