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Hey they should be laying by her Bday right?

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Hey they should be laying by her Bday right?True!
As long as the food don't come in contact with it, should work fineYeh they use those for grill covers/sheets
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Quote: Sorry you had to cull the chick, I know how hard that can be.Glad your poopy butt is still with you and hope you can cure him. Have a really sick peahen right now that's taking up a lot of my free time with tubing feeding, medicating, giving subcutaneous fluids, etc. Sigh.![]()
In addition to Muscovy ducks I have lots of peafowl, a few quacking ducks, a few guineas, three boy geese, four turkey hens and a bunch of mixed breed mutt chickens. Of all those, the only ones "breed" are the Muscovies and the peafowl.
-Kathy
Everyone's experience is different, but if you're having leg problems niacin is an excellent first step in treatment--even if it doesn't solve the problem, it won't hurt, and higher niacin in general supports good leg health in ducklings (but not too high--you can overdose--details below). I do not mean to criticize those who do fine without niacin, but I will say that I have also raised hundreds of ducklings and on the one occasion when I decided not to bother with the extra niacin, the birds developed leg problems which were quickly corrected by adding back the correct amount of niacin. And it is not just me. The most-respected waterfowl expert in the nation, Dave Holderread, also recommends higher niacin for ducklings.
You have several options for accomplishing this:
1. Mix the chick feed 50/50 with game bird starter. The game bird starter contains high levels of niacin, but also levels of protein that are too high. By mixing the two, you balance it just about right for waterfowl. This is what I do because it is simple and effective.
2. Add brewer's yeast to the feed. This is also simple, IF you can find brewer's yeast (try health food stores or beer making supply if your town has one). Just sprinkle it on top of their food. You can't overdose on brewer's yeast.
3. Add niacin directly to their water. Buy niacin at the pharmacy, get the NON-flush-free, and also NON-time-release (this gets harder and harder to find). You need it in gel caps because you're going to break the gel cap into the water and dissolve the contents in the water. Don't worry if it doesn't all dissolve--I've found it's quite effective even if there are still bits of it settling on the bottom. The dosage is about 100 mg per gallon of water. don't overdo it.