How much Vitamin B complex should I give my duck?

[Epi_03]

Hi! So i have Vitamin B complex intended for human use.

I plan to use it for my duck (1) and she's only more or less a month old.

How much should I give her?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Ducks need extra Niacin (as compared to chickens). Niacin is B3. If I'm reading that label correctly, there is no B3 in it.

 

[Epi_03]

Also I can't find V-B complex for animals in my area...

 

[Epi_03]

Ducks need extra Niacin (as compared to chickens). Niacin is B3. If I'm reading that label correctly, there is no B3 in it.

Oh! Okay I'll look for ones with B3- thank you!

In any case after I do buy , how much of 1 pill should I give her?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Depending on who you ask, ducks need 10-12.5 mg a day, some breeds more, and adults more than juveniles. So it depends on who you ask, age, breed, and the concentration of your pill.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

This is a good reference I keep handy. It suggests niacin levels well above what I offered above. Its very difficult to overdose. I offers about 12.5 mg/day/duck to my juveniles, plus whatever is in the feed I use. One of these days, I'll write the mill and ask them. I raise pekins, some of the niacin-neediest of the breeds, but have not needed to add tablespoon after tablespoon of nutritional yeast (yet - i've not hatched many ducks), or I'd just buy a bottle of Niacin suppliment for humans and use it.

This is a good read, talking about various studies - but on niacin offers recommends from 40mg to 90 mg! This is from the NC state extenion - note its mg/lb, not mg/kg - which helps explain the big seeming difference in the recommends. and this is from Metzer farms, once again, mg/kg feed.

In any event, good luck, hope those references help. I try not to weigh in too much on Duck nutrition, there's a lot of isagreement in the literature, and I don't consider my personal experience to constitute data. After just over two years, its barely more than anecdote.

 

[Epi_03]

This is a good reference I keep handy. It suggests niacin levels well above what I offered above. Its very difficult to overdose. I offers about 12.5 mg/day/duck to my juveniles, plus whatever is in the feed I use. One of these days, I'll write the mill and ask them. I raise pekins, some of the niacin-neediest of the breeds, but have not needed to add tablespoon after tablespoon of nutritional yeast (yet - i've not hatched many ducks), or I'd just buy a bottle of Niacin suppliment for humans and use it.

This is a good read, talking about various studies - but on niacin offers recommends from 40mg to 90 mg! This is from the NC state extenion - note its mg/lb, not mg/kg - which helps explain the big seeming difference in the recommends. and this is from Metzer farms, once again, mg/kg feed.

In any event, good luck, hope those references help. I try not to weigh in too much on Duck nutrition, there's a lot of isagreement in the literature, and I don't consider my personal experience to constitute data. After just over two years, its barely more than anecdote.

Thank you so much! This is a big help to me-thank you thank you very much!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

That's what BYC is for. Have a great morning!

 

[Epi_03]

This is a good reference I keep handy. It suggests niacin levels well above what I offered above. Its very difficult to overdose. I offers about 12.5 mg/day/duck to my juveniles, plus whatever is in the feed I use. One of these days, I'll write the mill and ask them. I raise pekins, some of the niacin-neediest of the breeds, but have not needed to add tablespoon after tablespoon of nutritional yeast (yet - i've not hatched many ducks), or I'd just buy a bottle of Niacin suppliment for humans and use it.

This is a good read, talking about various studies - but on niacin offers recommends from 40mg to 90 mg! This is from the NC state extenion - note its mg/lb, not mg/kg - which helps explain the big seeming difference in the recommends. and this is from Metzer farms, once again, mg/kg feed.

In any event, good luck, hope those references help. I try not to weigh in too much on Duck nutrition, there's a lot of isagreement in the literature, and I don't consider my personal experience to constitute data. After just over two years, its barely more than anecdote.

Hi! Do you think I should purchase this? I was also planning to buy DE earth (?) they say to mix in the feed?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Hi! Do you think I should purchase this? I was also planning to buy DE earth (?) they say to mix in the feed?

I am completely unfamiliar with that product, and speak no ?German? Basically failed French, Spanish, Latin. Languages and I do not get along.

Skip the DE. Its nearly worthless, and a respiratory irritant, besides.