Help, what to feed my ducklings!

[wildpeas]

I feed flockraiser from day one and I haven't needed extra niacin.

 

[luvussomechicks]

I found a baby duck. I looks only a day or two old. I have a mama hen with 8 chicks that are not really much larger than it. They took to each other well. I am feeding it regular chick feed. They eat out of the same dish together. Do you put the Brewers yeast with the water or feed?Will Brewers yeast be too much for chicks and mama? I will just keep probiotic in the water until 8 weeks. But then I will have a problem with FR and not our regular layer pellets later on. How should I separate the two or will it do good on layer pellets like the rest of my chicken flock?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I found a baby duck. I looks only a day or two old. I have a mama hen with 8 chicks that are not really much larger than it. They took to each other well. I am feeding it regular chick feed. They eat out of the same dish together. Do you put the Brewers yeast with the water or feed?Will Brewers yeast be too much for chicks and mama? I will just keep probiotic in the water until 8 weeks. But then I will have a problem with FR and not our regular layer pellets later on. How should I separate the two or will it do good on layer pellets like the rest of my chicken flock?

When I used Brewers yeast it was for only one duckling so not sure if it's okay to feed it to chicks, if you use Flock raiser all flock feed then you shouldn't have to add anything to it. and none of your flock should have layer till after first egg is laid,. I just use FR all the time and use oyster shell on the side, then i don;'t have to worry about feedoing layer to youngsters. Since your found duckling is with a mama hen she/he may not need th extra niacin since mamas will have them on the ground looking for all the goodies.

 

[Rosie42892]

Thank you to EVERYONE for the responses! I have switched to the Purina Flock Raiser which the little monsters took to immediately. I will pick up some niacin to have on hand, but they seem to be doing great.