HURRY! Electrolyte recipe?

[Frizzlett]

We're up to 4 doing this. One of them quit shortly after it started.

 

[Frizzlett]

I think 5 now. It's getting hard to keep track. Some is really bad like the very first one. Not as bad as it was. 1 did the head jerking thing in the last 2 minutes but it wasn't as bad. Sorry I'm commenting so much. I'm going crazy. Dealing with 14 baby ducks, trying to keep an incubator on the right temp and being on here looking for answers.

 

[Frizzlett]

We're down to 1 still doing it but it's not as bad.

 

[Frizzlett]

IT HAS STOPPED!!!! Well mostly. The one that started it all, his head is bobbing around a little. So far so good. I'll remix the water with just a pinch of salt. Thanks for the help. I've got 2 B complex tablets just in case I need them.

 

[Eggcessive]

You've got too much sugar in the water. Try 1/2 teaspoonful per 16 oz or 1 tsp per quart or liter. Just hold off on the B complex--it usually goes in a gallon of water.

 

[Frizzlett]

Ok thanks. I thought I might have had too much in there of everything but it did work.

 

[Eggcessive]

I'm glad they are better, and hope they do well. Here is the link to the duck thread if you need more duck info that we can't give you: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/threads/add/forumId/42

 

[Frizzlett]

Thanks a bunch. I remixed the water. I forgot about a pinch of salt but there's still not much in there. It's probably little less than a teaspoons. It's a 1 quart drinker. I've always wanted a baby duck but I don't want any more now lol.

 

[Frizzlett]

Only 1 is doing it but not very often and it doesn't last for even a full second. Now they are normal and there's a duck pile in one corner of the brooder. I never knew ducks drank so loudly.

 

[Frizzlett]

All 14 made it through the night with no head jerking. There's going to be swim time in the bathtub today. lol