Can I feed ducklings this?

[mrsmartin24]

I'm hoping this is the unmedicated one ?

 

[enriquec]

It looks like no. The main problem with chick starters vs duckling is niacin. They need 3x more I believe. Since I don't see niacin listed under nutrition at all, and it only says chicken, I'm guessing no.

I got DuMOR chick & duck starter feed. By coincidence, great price http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/dumorreg;-chick-starter-grower-20%-feed-50-lb
That's for a huge bag.

 

[needlessjunk]

You can supplement niacin in their water or Brewers yeast. 100mg per gallon of the human grade kind from the store. I don't know what the medicated ingredients are in chick feed so I'm unsure. It looks like it's just added vitamins.

 

[needlessjunk]

So I did a bit of looking and it appears Amprolium is what makes medicated chick feed medicated. I don't see it in the ingredient list but I don't know if it would go by another name. I hope someone else will chime in that has experience.

 

[Amiga]

This looks like unmedicated chick feed. It will be okay to feed ducklings and to be on the safe side, because ducklings do need, based on what I have read, three times the niacin, I would add a tablespoon per day of brewer's yeast per three ducklings to their food for niacin and B vitamins. And that was one of the longest sentences I have written in a while.

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