Duck Feed Question--Niacin

[gatrapper]

Hey Y'all,

I'm looking at two different duck feeds.

Purina Duck Feed
Includes at least 65 ppm (mg/kg) niacin

Tucker Milling Show Flock Starter
There is 35 mg per lbs of niacin in a bag of Show Flock Starter. <-------------(from an e-mail they sent me.)

I'm assuming that the purina duck feed has high levels of niacin. Am I correct?

 

[fatty and friends]

how old are your ducks? purina says it has enough niacin for ducklings but ducklings need much more than adult ducks, i always recommend either Manna Pro duckling/gosling starter or Mazuri waterfowl starter

 

[gatrapper]

1-2 week old ducklings.

 

[fatty and friends]

1-2 week old ducklings.

then yes one of the two ducklings feeds would be best, peas are also a great treat that has lots of niacin and mine love to dive for them in their pool

 

[gatrapper]

Where could I buy Manna in big bags? All I can find are small bags online.

 

[gatrapper]

What is the ideal amount of niacin that we should be looking for in a bag of waterfowl starter?

 

[Ratchnick]

Based on what you wrote tucker milling has more niacin and they both have enough for ducklings. Except maybe pekins.

 

[SolarDuck]

Where could I buy Manna in big bags? All I can find are small bags online.

I've never seen big bags of anything duck from Manna Pro. You can order 25lb bags of mazuri waterfowl starter on chewy.com. mazuri feeds are generally the most recommended by veteranarians for ducks.

 

[gatrapper]

I am raising pekins and goslings. I have been adding brewers yeast to their feed. I just wish I could find a feed where I didn’t have to add all this extra stuff.

 

[CluckerFamily]

I have been adding nutritional yeast to non-medicated starter feed for my ducklings. About a tablespoon per cup of feed.