Duckling help

[Nikenick9]

Hi I already have 2 adult pekin ducks and I'm rasing 4 ducklings but 1 duckling is very noticeable smaller and gets pushed over run over and can barely walk they are 4 weeks old I give them all the electrolytes and vitamins in their water and feed them non medicated feed but the one is struggling any advice on to make it stronger it's almost like I want to separate them but everything I read says not to

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Hi I already have 2 adult pekin ducks and I'm rasing 4 ducklings but 1 duckling is very noticeable smaller and gets pushed over run over and can barely walk they are 4 weeks old I give them all the electrolytes and vitamins in their water and feed them non medicated feed but the one is struggling any advice on to make it stronger it's almost like I want to separate them but everything I read says not to

If it is getting trampled you may need to separate it for a little while until it gets stronger. If you can do it in a way that they can still see each other but not touch that would be ideal.
Chick starter does not have enough niacin for baby ducks.
I would start them on some vitamin b complex.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.75862/

 

[Nikenick9]

If it is getting trampled you may need to separate it for a little while until it gets stronger. If you can do it in a way that they can still see each other but not touch that would be ideal.
Chick starter does not have enough niacin for baby ducks.
I would start them on some vitamin b complex.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.75862/

I have niacin in there water already I am able to separate them to see each other I will get on that right away thank you

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I have niacin in there water already I am able to separate them to see each other I will get on that right away thank you

Some of them just seem to need more than others.

 

[CoriM]

If you're separating the small one, maybe pick the next smallest one to buddy with it so she's not lonely!

 

[Miss Lydia]

What type of niacin. can you post a picture? Plus this little one may not be getting much at all since it's being run over by the rest. Separating and getting at least 100 mg of niacin into it daily. And if possible TSC has liquid B complex in the cattle dept. it will say injectable but we give it to our ducklings orally. 1 ml per day. Pekins need extra help while growing, they grow super fast and their little legs have a hard time keeping up. You may have quite a few ducklings and one or two will only show symptoms of niacin deficiency but all of them need niacin. But when one is already showing deficiency then we need to get them on the liquid B complex it works faster and better than niacin by itself.

 

[Nikenick9]

I have the liquid B complex from tractor supply now I will do the 1ml per day orally it is in same bin but separate from others it has its own water and food I will keep updated on recovery thank you