Duckling with weak legs

[Bekahj1209]

I've got a 5 day old duckling who seems to have weak legs so I want to get some vitamins for her. I'm giving them chick starter feed with nutritional yeast added in for the niacin boost. Maybe that's not enough though? Is there a certain electrolyte drink just for waterfowl that you know of? Or can I just give them pedialyte? And where do y'all you get your vitamin B? Can I give them liquid vitamins that are for people, or do they need to be for ducks? Any help is appreciated!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sounds like it could’ve a niacin deficiency your talking about a duckling? TSC has a B complex that many of us use. It will be in the cattle department and will say Injectable but we use by it orally half ml over feed to start. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-
waterfowl.1367557/
You want to make sure this duckling get full dose so give just enough feed that it eats it all so you know it got the full dose.

 

[Bekahj1209]

Sounds like it could’ve a niacin deficiency your talking about a duckling? TSC has a B complex that many of us use. It will be in the cattle department and will say Injectable but we use by it orally half ml over feed to start. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-
waterfowl.1367557/
You want to make sure this duckling get full dose so give just enough feed that it eats it all so you know it got the full dose.

Oops yes I meant duckling! I keep calling them chicks lol, because I've only hatched chicks until this time.
Thank you for the info!

 

[CoriM]

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