Please help duck leg issue

[Sheepheart]

Purina has the highest amount of niacin out of all the duck feeds I know, usually enough for most pekins. You poor little one must require a bit more.
The complex has the same amounts as mine, so 0 niacin.

Tsc should have this, or something similar. If not rural king should and so should family farm if you have one of those.

It has feeding instructions on it. If you have any other pekins it would hurt if they got some to. I feed some to my ducklings despite the breed, just to be safe.

 

[Buzz2035]

Purina has the highest amount of niacin out of all the duck feeds I know, usually enough for most pekins. You poor little one must require a bit more.
The complex has the same amounts as mine, so 0 niacin.

Tsc should have this, or something similar. If not rural king should and so should family farm if you have one of those.
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It has feeding instructions on it. If you have any other pekins it would hurt if they got some to. I feed some to my ducklings despite the breed, just to be safe.

Thank you, Would this be ok for other ducks to? I also have some I believe khaki Campbell or do you think it would be best just to feed my peking separate?

 

[Buzz2035]

Thank you to everyone trying to help, quckymer is now my baby and I want to make him has healthy & happy as I can

 

[Sheepheart]

Thank you, Would this be ok for other ducks to? I also have some I believe khaki Campbell or do you think it would be best just to feed my peking separate?

It’s safe for all of them. Won’t hurt them any. I fed it to my khakis when they were ducklings daily, up until they started feathering out.

 

[Pyxis]

Purina has the highest amount of niacin out of all the duck feeds I know, usually enough for most pekins.

Surprisingly, if you check into it, Purina duck pellets have 55 ppm niacin, which is just about the same exact amount as in their chick feed. Actually even less in some cases, since depending on which mill the chick feed is coming from, it has up to 60 ppm niacin.

The best feed I've found for growing ducklings is actually Naturewise Chick Starter, which has 185 ppm niacin. That's more than Purina Flock Raiser (which is also 55 ppm), and even Manna Pro duck starter, which is 120 ppm.

So I would see about switching him onto Naturewise Chick Starter so that he's getting lots of niacin right in his normal feed.

Then continue on with the B Complex to supplement further.

 

[Sheepheart]

Surprisingly, if you check into it, Purina duck pellets have 55 ppm niacin, which is the same exact amount as in their chick feed.

The best feed I've found for growing ducklings is actually Naturewise Chick Starter, which has 185 ppm. That's more than Purina Flock Raiser (which is also 55 ppm), and even Manna Pro duck starter, which is 120 ppm.

So I would see about switching him onto Naturewise Chick Starter so that he's getting lots of niacin right in his normal feed.

Then continue on with the B Complex to supplement further.

Perhaps I was given wrong information then. on some other thread discussing recommending duckling feed for pekins, someone collected the niacin amounts everyone provided from their own feeds and ordered Them most to least and purina was ranked as most. Maybe information was given wrong or they got confused as some used different measurements/ratios

 

[Pyxis]

Perhaps I was given wrong information then. on some other thread discussing recommending duckling feed for pekins, someone collected the niacin amounts everyone provided from their own feeds and ordered Them most to least and purina was ranked as most. Maybe information was given wrong or they got confused as some used different measurements/ratios

They might have been reading something wrong. The niacin content in all the feeds isn't on the packaging, I had to contact all the companies directly to get the amounts and compare. I have a list of the niacin content in 13 of the most 'popular' feeds, and Naturewise has by far the most across the board

 

[Isaac 0]

I would continue with the B complex you have on hand in consideration there is a niacin deficit at play here.
There are a few other conditions such as varus deformity, and perosis that can cause inward angulation, but it is impracticable to pinpoint the cause over the internet. In Pekins, niacin deficiencies are quite common.
The legs are so far angulated in the photos you provided, it is unfortunate that regardless of niacin treatment the legs may remain the same.
If that turns out to be case, it may be the kindest thing to euthanize the duck as these leg problems can often be uncomfortable, and painful for the bird and can set them up for future health problems later in life.
Please keep us posted with the duckling's condition.

 

[Isaac 0]

The complex has the same amounts as mine, so 0 niacin.

The Vitamin B Complex that @Buzz2035 has contains 100mg of niacinamide per ml.

 

[Sheepheart]

The Vitamin B Complex that OP has contains 100mg of niacinamide per ml.

Niacinamide is not niacin though. They are two different kinds of vitamin b-3, which means they are processed differently and have different effects.