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  1. gallatea

    Found my Cayuga duck on his back the other night - couldn't flip!

    Those are good points. And I'm only going on my knowledge of humans - working on my RN - and the push is to get nutrition from food sources, vs. pills unless there is something physiologically out of whack. But there are extreme circumstances like with pernicious anemia (lack of intrinsic...
  2. gallatea

    Found my Cayuga duck on his back the other night - couldn't flip!

    crickey - didn't know about the spinach..I'm nixing the popcorn and spinach
  3. gallatea

    Found my Cayuga duck on his back the other night - couldn't flip!

    also have heard of organic farmers feeding brewer's yeast to ducks...source of niacin...
  4. gallatea

    Found my Cayuga duck on his back the other night - couldn't flip!

    Quote: The cheerios and whole oats have niacin though (and they gobble that down), but I'll look into it. I just took a nutrition course, and basically there is no proof that supplements work, better to get vitamins/minerals from a natural/food source. I'm not too happy with using commercial...
  5. gallatea

    Found my Cayuga duck on his back the other night - couldn't flip!

    Quote: Thanks so much for the info. He hasn't done it since and has no signs of dizziness now. Such a freak thing. My ducks are fed a mix of pellets, cheerios (plain), whole oats, popcorn (as a treat once in a while), ground flax (more for my chickens laying), and leafy greens (spinach too...
  6. gallatea

    Found my Cayuga duck on his back the other night - couldn't flip!

    Okay, so I don't know if this duck was doing this intentionally (it had never occurred to me that this could be intentional) but here is a pic: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23298_upside_down_duck.jpg he seemed to have a little trouble righting himself from this position... I...
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