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I have four ducklings, about four weeks old. Got home today and two of the four were VERY weak and barely moving, I got them out and took them and sat in a very warm quiet place and they slept for about an hour and seemed to start to get some life back. One of the two was so bad to start with he was almost stiff, his legs were straight behind him, he couldn’t stand or sit or even move let alone lift his head. I’m so confused because the other two are absolutely fine, running around how they always do. Nothing has changed with anything I’ve done with them, just came out and they were going stiff. And idea what might be going on??
 
Kylieh197 said:
They have been eating fancy chicken scratch, and I’ve been giving them some freeze dried mealworms as well
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Ducklings need duck starter crumbles to given them balanced, complete nutrition. If you cannot get them, then get chick starter crumbles and add brewers' yeast as there is not enough niacin [a B vitamin] for ducks in chick feed. 1 tablespoon brewer's yeast for every cupful of starter crumbles.

Fancy chicken scratch is a treat for chickens not a maintenance food and should be given to chickens in very limited quantities. Chickens need flock feeder as their main sustenance.

Please urgently buy some Durvet High level Vitamin B complex from Tractor Supplies Co. The bottle is marked for intravenous use, but in ducks we use it orally. you must give your ducklings each 1ml a day -- best given soaked into a few crumbles that you can watch them eat
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ruthhope said:
Ducklings need duck starter crumbles to given them balanced, complete nutrition. If you cannot get them, then get chick starter crumbles and add brewers' yeast as there is not enough niacin [a B vitamin] for ducks in chick feed. 1 tablespoon brewer's yeast for every cupful of starter crumbles.

Fancy chicken scratch is a treat for chickens not a maintenance food and should be given to chickens in very limited quantities. Chickens need flock feeder as their main sustenance.

Please urgently buy some Durvet High level Vitamin B complex from Tractor Supplies Co. The bottle is marked for intravenous use, but in ducks we use it orally. you must give you ducklings 1ml a day -- best given soaked into a few crumbles that you can watch them eatView attachment 3066156
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Thank you so much! I’ve never had ducks and the gal at orshlens told me the fancy chicken scratch would be fine for them 💔
 
Kylieh197 said:
I have four ducklings, about four weeks old. Got home today and two of the four were VERY weak and barely moving, I got them out and took them and sat in a very warm quiet place and they slept for about an hour and seemed to start to get some life back. One of the two was so bad to start with he was almost stiff, his legs were straight behind him, he couldn’t stand or sit or even move let alone lift his head. I’m so confused because the other two are absolutely fine, running around how they always do. Nothing has changed with anything I’ve done with them, just came out and they were going stiff. And idea what might be going on??
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they need niacin added to their diet asap, chicken scratch is no good, not the nutrients they need. Chick crumb (unmedicated) with 1 tbsp of nutritional or brewers yeast to every cup of feed is okay, though.
They'll need the B complex that ruthhope suggested, asap, 1ml over a treat daily each.
If you cant get it where you are, niacin capsuled are okay (flush effect, not non flush or flush free. You want flush ones) 100mg capsules emptied into a gallon of water.
The B complex is far far better though, so try and do that instead!
 

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