Niacin Supplements for Feed or Water - What do you use?

[DrHawkeye07]

I bought this product. Found it in my local grocery store in the health foods section (after asking an employee where to find it). It's got quite a bit of niacin, 290% the RDA for a human.

 

[Lil Drake40]

I use nutritional yeast everyday chock full of good b’s my poultry get it too.

 

[CayugaJana]

What does flush free mean?

Also...why do you not like brewers yest? I would love to know cuz I am giving my ducks some and I want to know if I need to use something different.

Niacin I believe dilates your blood vessels (don’t quote me on that). So your face gets flushed and red. And it can feel uncomfortable. So in an attempt to slowly release niacin so your face doesn’t get red they put something in it. But it makes it so the body absorbs very little of it. So it’s throwing money down the toilet.

I don’t have anything against brewers yeast per say. The kind I bought had a really low amount of niacin. They would have to eat a whole bottle of capsules to get their daily required amount every day!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I use this in addition to purina flock raiser (which has enough niacin for ducklings)

Color me paranoid
Maybe a teaspoon per gallon of water

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Maybe a teaspoon per gallon of water

got thinking about it, I actually probably use more like a tablespoon and do that until they have feathers

 

[Duckztailz1]

Although niacin and flush free niacin can be utilized interchangeably there are noticeable differences between the two . Furthermore Niacin only causes skin irritation in high-volume. And I don't think there's any case studies of skin irritation (more blood flow) in chickens or ducks.

There's two different products in niacin and flush free niacin. although they're both B3 they have different medical properties.

 

[Kiki]

Although niacin and flush free niacin can be utilized interchangeably there are noticeable differences between the two . Furthermore Niacin only causes skin irritation in high-volume. And I don't think there's any case studies of skin irritation (more blood flow) in chickens or ducks.

There's two different products in niacin and flush free niacin. although they're both B3 they have different medical properties.


But don't believe me what do I know

Can you point me in the right direction?

Which one would be better to use for the animals, the niacin or the flush free niacin?

 

[Kiki]

Although niacin and flush free niacin can be utilized interchangeably there are noticeable differences between the two . Furthermore Niacin only causes skin irritation in high-volume. And I don't think there's any case studies of skin irritation (more blood flow) in chickens or ducks.

There's two different products in niacin and flush free niacin. although they're both B3 they have different medical properties.

Is this what you are talking about?
https://www.health.harvard.edu/news...-niacin-as-effective-as-other-kinds-of-niacin

 

[Duckztailz1]

Can you point me in the right direction?

Which one would be better to use for the animals, the niacin or the flush free niacin?

So the awkward part is I have no clue which is better for chickens and ducks. Both provide B3 however to put this in layman's terms flush free niacin is a derivative of niacin. Niacin helps with LPL, flush free niacin will not, chances are you ducks and chickens and geese don't have cholesterol problems but I can be wrong. And I don't think you're giving high enough volume to create a flush effect. Since were adding it into their feed most of the time you're not going to have that flush effect ( food typically eliminate stuff itchy skin part).

I personly go with just regular niacin because flush free is technically not considered niacin but Niacinamide.

But I don't know and I'll be the first one to tell you that even though there's a difference between the two I couldn't tell you which is better for poultry.

 

[Duckztailz1]

Is this what you are talking about?
https://www.health.harvard.edu/news...-niacin-as-effective-as-other-kinds-of-niacin
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I'd be quite skeptical out of any studies coming out of Wazzu...

And I don't think I've ever seen a flush free niacin that doesn't have Niacinamide. Honestly don't even know what that little articles talking about