Can my ducklings go without niacin for two days???

[Isaac 0]

I have three pekin ducklings each at 3 weeks old. They are doing well with leg strength and are staying healthy in general. When I First got them, my local Walmart still had bags of brewers yeast in the pharmacy department and I’ve been giving them about a tablespoon per 6oz if mix. They have the DuMor poultry starter feed for now. I‘m really close to the bottom of my brewers yeast bag and my Walmart no longer carries it because of COVID19 concerns. Ugh. In order to order it over amazon with prime, it is considered unessential and will take five days to get here. I have enough to go for another three days but I’m worried about the last two days they won’t have any. Will they be okay? If not, what should I do in those two days?

Most likely they would be fine without supplementation for three days, BUT there are other niacin supplements that you could use instead of the brewer's yeast. To name a few nutritional yeast, B complex, or a Poultry vitamin.

 

[happy duck]

They should definitely be fine. If you can give them foods that are full of niacin like peas that will help.

 

[MrKnittle]

I'm in the same boat. My B3 powder should be here tomorrow, but I ordered it last weekend with Prime, so yeah. I found some niacin capsules at Dollar General and have been sprinkling it in their water and on top of scrambled chicken eggs. Everyone is doing fine, is active, healthy, and with no waste issues. I was worried about the magnesium in the capsules, but it's not caused any adverse issues. I only plan on using it in an emergency after my shipment gets here.

 

[Isaac 0]

Just be sure if you buy niacin capsules they are not labeled as Flush Free, No Flush, Extended-release, or Slow release. They won't work.

 

[Justaregualducklover]

Thanks everyone that has relied! I checked, and my TSC doesn’t have any B complex or poultry vitamin
Our Dollar General is about an hour away but we are going to go look tomorrow.

 

[Isaac 0]

Your grocery store should have some Human B vitamin pills.