We were feeding our gosling waterfowl specific feed, but he still needed the extra niacin boost since he had wobbly legs. Nutritional yeast was a really affordable way to supplement that. Just mix it in with the feed (:
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I have 1 gander, and we raised him with our chickens and he's been a wonderful flock guardian for us. We also had a duck for about a year before she unfortunately passed away. My duck was a lot younger than my gander, and so they never really got...
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This isn't a chicken question, but I'm hoping someone with experience in broken legs with poultry chicks can offer some advice:
I have a 3wk old baby parrot that I'm currently rehabilitating, he was born with severe splay leg and so we used vet wrap to wrap his little legs together to...
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Honestly thought there would be more angries... :oops::smack
*pats self on back* 😌
Congratulations on the little hatchling! Don't worry, mama hen will keep them all snug and warm. I was worried about the same thing with our first broody raised chicks 😅
Thank you for taking the poor thing in! Best of luck in rehoming/adopting her! (Whichever it comes to lol)
Not too sure where this user is located, but they posted on an old thread yesterday looking for a lost black chicken- I'll tag them just in case:
@Lacygleason
Can you provide a picture of the injured leg? What are you providing as a niacin supplement? Is there anything she could've injured herself on in her enclosure/brooder?
If she's at the bottom of the pecking order, the other chooks picking on her could've possibly caused some damage. Does she have feathers missing on her head?