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.

 

[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

 

[riss]

Yes the biggest thing ducklings will need is niacin. What I bought for my ducks that is AWESOME for them is Mazuri Waterfowl Starter Diet. Has pretty much everything they need and they enjoy it too!

Once they were fully grown I switched their feed but still mix that Mazuri stuff in there just so they can get niacin which other feed lacks

 

[SolarDuck]

Can you find Nicain from TSC?

Yes, you can get rhe cattle b complex and add some of it to their water. You should also be able to find some form of nutritional yeast at many stores.

 

[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.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Amprolium is a Thiamine Blocker, it won't hurt ducklings.

The Medicated feed in the older days used either Cyanide, or Arsenic as a Coccidiastat, & it was more deadly to ducklings then chicks. Chickens tolerate the poison better.

 

[VeryHappyHens]

Amprolium is a Thiamine Blocker, it won't hurt ducklings.

The Medicated feed in the older days used either Cyanide, or Arsenic as a Coccidiastat, & it was more deadly to ducklings then chicks. Chickens tolerate the poison better.

Yikes!! I definitionally need to switch the feed immediately. Before they die like this ~>

 

[cinnamoncockatiel]

Can you find Nicain from TSC?

Niacin is a vitamin. It can be found in green peas, nutritional yeast, brewers yeast, and more for 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