Confused about Niacin

[DellaMyDarling]

I am such a fan of the brewers yeast from amazon that I give it to my old Lab. It is now taking the place of the hundred dollar a month joint supplements and she is doing great.

Would you happen to have a link?

So if duck has a true deficiency, should I isolate that one with a feed bowl of extra niacin added? Does one meal of that usually take care of a mild deficiency?

Thanks for all the info.

 

[Cayuga momma]

Would you happen to have a link?

So if duck has a true deficiency, should I isolate that one with a feed bowl of extra niacin added? Does one meal of that usually take care of a mild deficiency?

Thanks for all the info.

you don't need to isolate the bowl, just add enough for all your ducks. When you get your niacin supplement, post its nutritional facts and we can help you with the dosage.
It would be a good idea to get the vitamin B complex for that specific duck. If you get the B complex you can put 1 ml on a piece of bread and give it to that duck once a day. It should help right away. And then put the brewers yeast in their food everyday.

 

[Texag87]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0021WVKV8/?tag=backy-20


This is what we used for ducklings up to about 8 weeks. I have found it on Amazon for as little as 17.00US

 

[chickens really]

I have never supplemented feed with niacin and raise healthy Ducklings and Ducks. I feed weeds and grasses plus a Chicken, Turkey, Goose and Duck feed.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It's very important for those of us that can't get feed for Water fowl to supplement. All those that are much more qualified than us "good reading" is Dave Holdrreads book on raising Ducks. He talks about the importance of supplementing niacin into baby waterfowls diet if you can't find feed formulated for that specific breed. All flock feed like Purina Flock Raiser is another good feed for waterfowl but even with that we still may have one with shaky legs or lameness and if we address it asap it can be gotten over before something like bowed legs happens and is permanent.
Especially in Pekins and other large fowl but even small like Runners can have problems if the get deficient. @DuckyDonna had a Runner with shaky legs. and may others.

 

[chickens really]

It's very important for those of us that can't get feed for Water fowl to supplement. All those that are much more qualified than us "good reading" is Dave Holdrreads book on raising Ducks. He talks about the importance of supplementing niacin into baby waterfowls diet if you can't find feed formulated for that specific breed. All flock feed like Purina Flock Raiser is another good feed for waterfowl but even with that we still may have one with shaky legs or lameness and if we address it asap it can be gotten over before something like bowed legs happens and is permanent.
Especially in Pekins and other large fowl but even small like Runners can have problems if the get deficient. @DuckyDonna had a Runner with shaky legs. and may others.

Well it's a misconception actually..Yes definitely niacin is needed. I use all flock feed and well Pekin actually can be on a broiler feed..

 

[Knighstar679]

I have one Black East Indie that seems to have shaky and wobbly legs. He tends to sit down a bit more tha the other one. So I started them on fermented feed with extra niacin and avc to help. Each day so far the legs have seem to have gotten stronger. At day three it is almost like the other one. I wasn’t thinking I would have niacin defecianty in such small ducklings but clearly I was wrong.

 

[chickens really]

I have one Black East Indie that seems to have shaky and wobbly legs. He tends to sit down a bit more tha the other one. So I started them on fermented feed with extra niacin and avc to help. Each day so far the legs have seem to have gotten stronger. At day three it is almost like the other one. I wasn’t thinking I would have niacin defecianty in such small ducklings but clearly I was wrong.

Do you provide greens at all?

 

[Knighstar679]

Do you provide greens at all?

I haven’t yet but I am going out today to get some dandelion and grass for them to float in water for them.

 

[chickens really]

I haven’t yet but I am going out today to get some dandelion and grass for them to float in water for them.

Perfect that's what they really need..