Days old duckling sitting down

[Miss Lydia]

Can we have some pictures of Bean? So happy to hear she's doing good!

 

[cnielsen]

Can we have some pictures of Bean? So happy to hear she's doing good!

here she is! i would show her with the other two but their brooder box is a little messy at the moment lol. me too! thanks again

 

[Miss Lydia]

Precious Baby Bean

 

[cnielsen]

Precious Baby Bean

she’s a sweetheart

 

[cnielsen]

Precious Baby Bean

hello there! We believe ducklings to have niacin deficiency. we got some vitamin B complex today, the injectable form. I can only find dosage for pills... do you by any chance know how much to give them in their water/by syringe?

 

[DuckyDonna]

hello there! We believe ducklings to have niacin deficiency. we got some vitamin B complex today, the injectable form. I can only find dosage for pills... do you by any chance know how much to give them in their water/by syringe?

are you going to give it to all of them or just one?

 

[cnielsen]

are you going to give it to all of them or just one?

i’m not quite sure. One of them, bean, definitely seems to have worse issues than the other two. she gets up to eat and drink, and move around with the other ducklings, but she never just stands. she sits down as soon as she’s where she wants to be. the other two walk around but also sit a bit, not nearly as much. they’re all slightly pigeon toed. I was thinking all of them, even though one has it worse than the other two. what do you think?

 

[cnielsen]

 

[DuckyDonna]

i’m not quite sure. One of them, bean, definitely seems to have worse issues than the other two. she gets up to eat and drink, and move around with the other ducklings, but she never just stands. she sits down as soon as she’s where she wants to be. the other two walk around but also sit a bit, not nearly as much. they’re all slightly pigeon toed. I was thinking all of them, even though one has it worse than the other two. what do you think?

I'd try to dose them all. The easiest way to do it will probably be to put it on their food. I'd sprinkle 1ml over the top of the food and hopefully, they will all eat it.

Otherwise, if you give it by syringe individually about 1/2 or less ml orally but be careful not to get it down the wrong hole which will be easy to do in tiny ducklings.

I'd try the feed first. You could put it in the water but that mostly gets wasted.

One other thing you might try is put some on treats like cut up tiny pieces of tomatoes or watermelon. They will all go for that like lightening more than likely. Just be sure to offer grit on the side in a little dish if you give something other than duck food.

 

[DuckyDonna]

perfect, that is the right stuff!