Pekin ducklings

[Firbrd]

I have been raising chickens for about 5 years now but this is my first bunch of ducklings. I absolutely love them! Just wanted to share a picture of my 2 pekins. One of them is a bit bigger than the other, im guessing it's like chickens? One of them is probably a drake?

 

[Miss Lydia]

do you have them on nutritional yeast for niacin or feeding duck starter? Its very iportant for ducklings to have an adequate amount of niacin in the feed or they can develop leg problems like bowed legs or lameness so if feeding chick starter you need to supplement with some form of niacin. NY is 1 Tab per cup of feed till 10 weeks of age. They are precious.

 

[Firbrd]

do you have them on nutritional yeast for niacin or feeding duck starter? Its very iportant for ducklings to have an adequate amount of niacin in the feed or they can develop leg problems like bowed legs or lameness so if feeding chick starter you need to supplement with some form of niacin. NY is 1 Tab per cup of feed till 10 weeks of age. They are precious.

Brewers or nutritional yeast? I have both but I have been spinkling brewers on their feed. I looked at the label and nutritional does have a bit more niacin in it. Maybe I should start using that instead?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I def rec Nutritional yeast over brewers yeast. I use it daily myself. Pekins especially need a good quality niacin they grow so fast and I really prefer NY over niacin tablets.