The Duck Thread

[hennible]

You can use brewers yeast, it's at health food stores. There is also animal grade yeast likely at feed stores or farm co-ops. A nice size bag of yeast from my health food store was $3 or so. Not sure where else you can get B vitamins like niacin. Hope this helps.

 

[gander007]

can i use chicken chick feed for ducklings?

Yes you can but you will want to also feed them a hard boiled egg to keep up the niacin also Turkey Grow works great but by week 4 of age flock raiser will work wonders .......

 

[Americano Blue]

Yes you can but you will want to also feed them a hard boiled egg to keep up the niacin also Turkey Grow works great but by week 4 of age flock raiser will work wonders .......

Can i use a duck egg?

 

[gander007]

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Most defiantly as when I have geese egg's they go td the duck egg's go to the ducklings but I do use chicken egg's when I am out ......

 

[Americano Blue]

Most defiantly as when I have geese egg's they go td the duck egg's go to the ducklings but I do use chicken egg's when I am out ......

ok thanks

 

[MommaHenn]

Solgar put's out Brewer's Yeast, which is a great product to add in powder form to your duckling feed if you are looking to supplement niacin. You can feed your duckling non-medicated chick feed. Manna pro makes a nice product, but you must add a little sprinkle of the brewer's yeast for the niacin. Solgar products are sold at your local vitamin Shoppe. I had a hard time finding definite answers on when to change over the food to a gamebird (higher protein) feed. Some sources say 2 weeks, some 4. In the event that you have chicks in the same area, the rule of thumb is to keep the non-medicated chick starter available for all.
Hope this helps.

 

[gander007]

Solgar put's out Brewer's Yeast, which is a great product to add in powder form to your duckling feed if you are looking to supplement niacin. You can feed your duckling non-medicated chick feed. Manna pro makes a nice product, but you must add a little sprinkle of the brewer's yeast for the niacin. Solgar products are sold at your local vitamin Shoppe. I had a hard time finding definite answers on when to change over the food to a gamebird (higher protein) feed. Some sources say 2 weeks, some 4. In the event that you have chicks in the same area, the rule of thumb is to keep the non-medicated chick starter available for all.
Hope this helps.

I agree with that .......

 

[Americano Blue]

is medicated chick feed bad for them?

 

[hennible]

Because ducks eat more than chickens they get to much of the medication.

 

[ringaring]

In Portland OR area, duck eggs range from $5 dz direct from the farm up to $1 an egg via grocers and supermarkets. When I was in Vermont, I couldn't give them away! Check local farms for your area.