Duckling food? Help

[Kiki]

@casportpony can you post the link to the article about the ducks and medicated feeds?

 

[Kiki]

http://metzerfarms.blogspot.com/2011/11/can-medicated-feed-be-used-for.html

Here I found it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[JollyMonster]

I’ve always fed my baby ducks the DuMor chick starter from tractor supply. If you buy from rural king you should get the meat bird formula because the chick starter is medicated and I’ve heard it can make them very sick.

 

[Unexpected chicken lover]

TSC sells purina duck starter pellets, maybe you could order from them. I went that route because, tbh, didnt want the hassle of adding ingredients to crumble...but im just lazy lol

 

[HenHouse4Life]

I’ve always fed my baby ducks the DuMor chick starter from tractor supply. If you buy from rural king you should get the meat bird formula because the chick starter is medicated and I’ve heard it can make them very sick.

Chick starter in my local TSC comes in medicated or non medicated

 

[casportpony]

That may very well be true. I was always told that because ducklings eat so much they can over medicate themselves and I was never brave enough to test that theory lol

That's another myth. A 100 gram duckling doesn't eat much more than a 100 gram chicken chick

 

[casportpony]

I’ve always fed my baby ducks the DuMor chick starter from tractor supply. If you buy from rural king you should get the meat bird formula because the chick starter is medicated and I’ve heard it can make them very sick.

Feeds with amprolium and/or bacitracin will not make them sick.

 

[casportpony]

Chick starter in my local TSC comes in medicated or non medicated

All Tractor Supply stores also sell Purina Flock Raiser, some sell Nutrena All Flock, and a few now sell Purina Duck Starter.

 

[Duckstail]

Are ducklings not suppose to eat chick started food? What do they need? I asked them at rural king and tractor supply and both told me that was fine . Now I’m freaking out!!!

I'm just going to let you know right now you probably shouldn't take your advice from either of those employees. Yeah I'm sure some of them know what they're doing but you'll read too much on this form about people who listen to someone at Tractor Supply and now they have a dead this or that.