Help!! Week Old Duckling not walking...

[bex1983]

Picking grasses like dandelion and other grasses definitely helps too.

We have PLENTY of dandelions outside....can I pick them and give it to them even this young?? Do I float it in water or just throw them in the brooder?

 

[DuckyDonna]

I agree, they have just been lucky. So should I do the cattle stuff on treats for this guy and just add brewers yeast or something to the community food or can I use the cattle stuff in the community water and if so how much?

concentrate on the little one with the problem first to make sure he's getting a full dose. you can put it in the water because it will be good for all of them but they spill so much of it I feel like it's wasted that way but I'd do it. Just make sure the one with the big problem gets all of his. 2 ml per quart of water

 

[chickens really]

We have PLENTY of dandelions outside....can I pick them and give it to them even this young?? Do I float it in water or just throw them in the brooder?

Doesn't Matter as long as water is available. Provide a bit of Grit too.

 

[quackiemama]

I had a little one with a curled foot and no appetite and I don't think was going to make it. I used that B complex and started adding nutritional yeast to their food and she perked right up and is growing like a weed. That stuff really works if they need it and doesn't hurt them if they don't

 

[casportpony]

If I were you I would do like the others suggested and try the b complex for cattle, it sure can't hurt.

 

[bex1983]

Ok I went to TSC and got the cattle stuff but found this other as well. Before I open either one, is one better than the other?

Thanks in advance!

 

[casportpony]

Ok I went to TSC and got the cattle stuff but found this other as well. Before I open either one, is one better than the other?

Thanks in advance!

The one on the left is the one you want because the other is just b12 and contains zero niacin and zero thiamine. If you bought both, keep the b12 because there are times that it can be used too (I have a bottle that I use).

 

[bex1983]

The one on the left is the one you want because the other is just b12 and contains zero niacin and zero thiamine. If you bought both, keep the b12 because there are times that it can be used too (I have a bottle that I use).

Update: I put 1 ml of the cattle Vitamin B complex on some crushed up meal worms and some feed and he ate alot of it, I kept adding water though so I'm sure he didn't get it all, but alot. Then I gave them all their first "swim" in a tub of warm water and he seems to be standing at the feeder now...maybe because he's all wet, but standing nonetheless.

Thanks for all your help guys! Now do I need to add it to the community water bowl too? TSC employee recommended Prairie Pride NatuPlus Poultry & Gamebirds Antibiotic Free Supplement To Promote Overall Bird Health, to mix in with their feed...I don't see niacin listed as an ingredient but the 5th, 6th & 8th ingredients are Hydrolyzed Yeast, Yeast Extract & Brewers Dried Yeast.....I tend to think it is better to just put plain old Brewers or Nutritional Yeast in their food, yes? Or possibly Fresh Eggs Daily Brewer's Yeast with Garlic Powder Chicken & Duck Feed Supplement?

 

[DuckyDonna]

I don't know anything about that food but I do know that every TSC employee tells you a different thing, at least in my store! I think the food you're feeding them is fine. You could ablsolutuly put it in the water for all of them. It can only help, it won't hurt but keep giving the one little one his own to make sure he gets all he needs!

 

[bex1983]

I don't know anything about that food but I do know that every TSC employee tells you a different thing, at least in my store! I think the food you're feeding them is fine. You could ablsolutuly put it in the water for all of them. It can only help, it won't hurt but keep giving the one little one his own to make sure he gets all he needs!

It was a supplement they recommended, though this employee also has never fed ducks she’s had anything but chick feed with no additional niacin so maybe she isn’t the best source She only used the supplement she recommended when she had a duckling with wry neck...