Help! First time duck mom! Rescued pekin ducklings

[slippednfell]

Can you buy it in the store?

I got mine from Amazon but the liquid that @DuckDonna posted works faster and better right away.

 

[Brooke17]

Do i have to also give grit when feeding the crumbles... or can i just give them the crumbles sorry for asking.. im completely new at this

 

[Miss Lydia]

No they don’t need grit till you introduce other food. Might want to go ahead and have some on hand chick grit is what you want just a small bowl close to their feed bowl is what they’ll need. Your going to want to give them treats soon it’s hard not to spoil them. Best way in the world to get them to trust you and eat out of your hand if that’s your goal.

 

[Brooke17]

No they don’t need grit till you introduce other food. Might want to go ahead and have some on hand chick grit is what you want just a small bowl close to their feed bowl is what they’ll need. Your going to want to give them treats soon it’s hard not to spoil them. Best way in the world to get them to trust you and eat out of your hand if that’s your goal.

Awesome will get some this week they for sure like chasing and eating the pesky fruit flies. I mixed in the 1mg of the liquid into the food they are eating.. they are picky hoping they will eat it at some point. Still have vitamins in the water . Planning on keeping them as friendly pets the friendlier the better. What is the best bedding for next weeks.. im staying clear of newspaper and fine shavings.. i do have a horse was gonna put some hay in thier heated box.. trying to do everytjing right so thanks again for the help

 

[Miss Lydia]

I like the thick horse pine bedding. I also tried the horse bedding pellets and I loved them for the brooder. Wouldn't want to use them in a large coop though it would take a lot.

 

[Miss Lydia]

You can introduce some meal worms just a small amount then once they are addicted put the liquid b over it. Some use peas the frozen thawed too.

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Did

Your duck ever stop having seizures?

My duck had seizures when she was a baby due to vitamin deficiency and I fixed it but 5 months later she sadly died from a seizure
But I have one, Smokey, that as well had seizures from the same reason and now 7 months later she is as healthy as can be, and the 2nd funniest personality!

 

[KCNC06]

This may have been asked somewhere already, but after you found the duckies turtling on their backs, were they able to stay upright once you flipped them over? I've found that mine will sometimes get a little too wild or rowdy, fall over and have trouble getting upright. Once I flip them back over they're fine. Same as a turtle.
Also, for treats (again, not sure if it was mentioned earlier), hard-boiled eggs chopped SUPER fine (I use a mini food processor) so it's as fine as their crumbles, would probably be great for them. Especially the one with the ouchie on his head. They seem to love it, it has lots of great vitamins and stuff. We had a bantam hen recently who had been torn up BAD by our roosters. After cleaning her wound and moving her inside, she got hard-boiled egg mixed in her food every day. I honestly didn't expect her to live the wound was so bad. I had never seen so much skin missing off any living creature. Anyway, that silly little hen just kept getting stronger every day. Eventually she'd walk up to the refrigerator and cluck loudly until someone got a hard-boiled eggs out for her. Obviously I have no proof that eggs are really miracle healing foods, but she sure loved them and has healed wonderfully.
I saw a few posts about bedding but didn't catch if they're inside or out. If they're inside and you don't mind doing extra laundry, I've found that waterproof mattress pads work great with ducklings. They absorb a good amount of water and are easy to clean, and don't get as smelly as wood shavings. I've always used wood shavings in my brooders in the past and can't stand the smell after a week or two so the babies end up getting moved outside. I've used the waterproof mattress pads and old towels/sheets/fleece blankets this summer and hardly notice the smell of the brooders. Which is great since I have ducklings in my bedroom, master bath and kitchen right now.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My 2 little Runners loved egg I'd scramble and then put into the microwave, They are 4 months old and still get chopped egg about 1x a week.

 

[taz0812]

If you have two ducks and are crushing vitamin b complex pills do I use just a pill a day?