Can Brewer's yeast be substituted by Baker's yeast?

[Silvermist]

Do they both have the same amount of Niacin? Is Baker's yeast fatal? Is it good for 3 week old ducklings that have shaky legs?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Do they both have the same amount of Niacin? Is Baker's yeast fatal? Is it good for 3 week old ducklings that have shaky legs?

3 week old ducklings shouldn't have shaky legs and most likely needs some vitamins use nutritional or brewers yeast not baking yeast. seems baking yeast might swell inside the duckling and cause blockage. please don't use it.

 

[TracyLovesDucks]

3 week old ducklings shouldn't have shaky legs and most likely needs some vitamins use nutritional or brewers yeast not baking yeast. seems baking yeast might swell inside the duckling and cause blockage. please don't use it.

Miss Lydia is right. Brewers yeast and bakers yeast are completely different things. Bakers yeast are living organisms that aren't good for the digestive tract. Bakers yeast eats carbohydrates (grains and sugars) and excretes gases and alcohol. This will happen in the digestive tract as the yeast feeds on the duck's food. Ducklings must not get gassy because they have no physiological way of relieving gas, and it could really harm or kill them. And you also don't want them getting alcohol into their system.

Don't use bakers yeast.

Brewers is dead yeast and nutrients from brewing beer. It has many, many more nutrients than bakers yeast and is safe.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Brewers yeast and bakers yeast are completely different things. Bakers yeast are living organisms that aren't good for the digestive tract. Bakers yeast eats carbohydrates (grains and sugars) and excretes gases and alcohol. This will happen in the digestive tract as the yeast feeds on the duck's food. Ducklings must not get gassy because they have no physiological way of relieving gas, and it could really harm or kill them. And you also don't want them getting alcohol into their system.

Don't use bakers yeast.

Brewers is dead yeast and nutrients from brewing beer. It has many, many more nutrients than bakers yeast.

Thanks Tracy for clarifying that.

 

[TracyLovesDucks]

Woops, I meant to quote the OP

Thanks Tracy for clarifying that.

Woops, meant to quote the OP. Made a change to my earlier post so that it makes more sense now.

 

[Pil5123]

How much brewers yeast should I give my 2 4/5 week old goslings?

 

[Miss Lydia]

How much brewers yeast should I give my 2 4/5 week old goslings?

1 Tab per cup of feed. and if you haven't bought it yet get Nutritional yeast instead. It's got more B vitamins.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/nutritional-yeast-vs-brewers-yeast.1393856/