Vitamin water

[Jpat]

I noticed today vitamin water has niacin. Tons of carbs and sugar but niacin. Are any of these ingredients deadly?

I bet the ducklings would enjoy and cup of it watered down in the water bowl

 

[sylviethecochin]

It's got less than 0.5%... I don't see anything that looks bad to me, but I think there's more cost-effective ways.

I don't buy vitamin water, but I think it's cheaper (long term) to just buy a bottle of vitamin B complex tablets and add one to a quart of water every week. That's usually what I do, anyway. Plus, less storage space.

 

[Jpat]

It's got less than 0.5%... I don't see anything that looks bad to me, but I think there's more cost-effective ways.

I don't buy vitamin water, but I think it's cheaper (long term) to just buy a bottle of vitamin B complex tablets and add one to a quart of water every week. That's usually what I do, anyway. Plus, less storage space.

Oh i thaught buying the tablets would be expensive. you mean it has less than .5% niacin? iam touched in the head and find reading labels complicated for some reason haha.

It seys 100% niacin intake for humans, do ducklings require alot? more than people?

 

[CayugaJana]

I agree with @oldhenlikesdogs. Yes they require a lot more than humans. How many ducks do you have? I can probably tell you a pretty cost efficient product based on how many you have.

 

[Jpat]

Thanks
I have 4, but ill be getting more omce these reach freezer size

 

[CayugaJana]

You can give them each 10 mg per day unless they have symptoms of niacin deficiency. Then it’s around 100 mgs/day per duck. The dropper bottle is from Walmart and it’s $4. So it would last you 30 days.

This one is from tractor supply and around $13. So this one would last a loooooong time. But you have to buy a syringe to suck it out. You don’t inject them with it. You administer it orally. Probably in their water is easiest.

Oldhenlikes dogs, do you have a product you really like?

 

[Jpat]

What would you consider the first symptom? i have reaserched with no real answer

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I agree with @oldhenlikesdogs. Yes they require a lot more than humans. How many ducks do you have? I can probably tell you a pretty cost efficient product based on how many you have.

I didn't answer. I think you meant @sylviethecochin . I haven't used extra vitamins on my birds.

 

[sylviethecochin]

What would you consider the first symptom? i have reaserched with no real answer

Symptoms differ by individual*, and only about ten percent of chickens (my main focus, but I doubt it's very different for ducks) present symptoms that we notice^ but vitamin deficiencies do affect the entire flock cumulatively, in ways people generally don't notice unless they're doing scientific studies on the subject and weighing carcasses and such.

My main source tends to be this Merck veterinary article (very useful site, but rather devoted to chickens and turkeys) https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...ement-poultry/vitamin-deficiencies-in-poultry

I've already provided this link, but I like to spread it around: http://www.metzerfarms.com/NutritionalRequirements.cfm?affiliate=undef&CustID=21197599

Here's a great (general) one, if you have time to look up individual vitamin names:
http://www.duckdvm.com/view/health.php

*much as they do in humans. Did you know that a drug is considered successful if it does what it's supposed to in 60% of the population? Source is genetics professor. As an example, he asked how many of us find that one brand of painkiller simply doesn't work for us. A majority of the class raised their hands.

^curled toes, angel wing, improper feather development, extreme failure to thrive... Most of these are contingent upon a genetic inability to absorb or synthesise something properly, but it's still some 10% of the population, and not insignificant enough to just dismiss.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

You can give them each 10 mg per day unless they have symptoms of niacin deficiency. Then it’s around 100 mgs/day per duck. The dropper bottle is from Walmart and it’s $4. So it would last you 30 days.
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This one is from tractor supply and around $13. So this one would last a loooooong time. But you have to buy a syringe to suck it out. You don’t inject them with it. You administer it orally. Probably in their water is easiest.

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Oldhenlikes dogs, do you have a product you really like?

You should create an article with this info. Then we can direct others to it.