Can ducks eat chick starter?

[VeryHappyHens]

Hi I ran out of baby duck and chick mix feed and all I have is chick starter is it fine to feed them chick starter its also medicated until I have time to buy new duckling and chick mix raiser feed from TSC. Will medicated chick starter harm baby ducklings.

 

[VeryHappyHens]

Hi I ran out of baby duck and chick mix feed and all I have is chick starter is it fine to feed them chick starter its also medicated until I have time to buy new duckling and chick mix raiser feed from TSC. Will medicated chick starter harm baby ducklings.

Can somone please help me I do not want to accidently kill the ducks.

 

[riss]

Hi I ran out of baby duck and chick mix feed and all I have is chick starter is it fine to feed them chick starter its also medicated until I have time to buy new duckling and chick mix raiser feed from TSC. Will medicated chick starter harm baby ducklings.

Yes ducks can eat chick starter. Ducklings really are technically called chicks so just like they eat chick grit. Just make sure the chick starter you have has all the nutrient they'll need in it

 

[VeryHappyHens]

Yes ducks can eat chick starter. Ducklings really are technically called chicks so just like they eat chick grit. Just make sure the chick starter you have has all the nutrient they'll need in it

Thank You!!

 

[cluckingheck]

It’s medicated? If so, no, they can’t eat medicated chick feed. It has to be non-medicated.

EDIT: if the medication used is just amprolium, people say it should be fine but you still need to give them extra niacin

 

[JacinLarkwell]

They must have niacin supplements if you feed chick starter. They are ducklings, not chicks. They have different needs and they have to have niacin for proper development

 

[SolarDuck]

Lots of people who don't have access to waterfowl starter near them will just use chick starter with extra niacin supplemented. There is some conflicting information out there about whether it is okay to feed ducklings medicated feed, I would suggest you check out this thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...medicated-feed-the-myths-and-the-truth.74761/

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Mine were always fed medicated with supplemented niacin. We didn't know the danger and they were raised with chicks. We did a lot of things wrong though and it's honestly a miracle that we didn't lose more than we did.

 

[VeryHappyHens]

Lots of people who don't have access to waterfowl starter near them will just use chick starter with extra niacin supplemented. There is some conflicting information out there about whether it is okay to feed ducklings medicated feed, I would suggest you check out this thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...medicated-feed-the-myths-and-the-truth.74761/

Thank you. Ill be switching back to the chick and duck raiser feed again once I get out of class and go.

 

[VeryHappyHens]

They must have niacin supplements if you feed chick starter. They are ducklings, not chicks. They have different needs and they have to have niacin for proper development

Thank You I will be going out immediately after class to get their old food back.