Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements

Cod Liver Oil in Soybean Oil. Improves appetite, helps condition birds for breeding & showing. 

1 qt./$13.00

Durvet Durastat with Oregano 100 gram jar Use 1 scoop per gallon of water as a source of energy & essential oils to stimulate water consumption & appetite during disease conditions, shipping, weather change, or stress. Enhances immunity. Cannot ship to New Mexico.

$8.50

Durvet Durastat with Oregano Single Pak  Each Packet makes 1 gallon of drinking water.  Refresh daily.

$1.00

Durvet Layer Boost 100 gram jar - 1 scoop per 1 gallon water provides a blend of vitamins, electrolytes, Omega 3 & marigold to improve the quality and quantity of eggs. Also contains a source of live direct fed microorganisms.

$11.00

Durvet Layer Boost Single Pak  Each Packet makes 1 gallon of drinking water.  Refresh daily.

$1.25

Durvet Probiotics Daily 100 gram jar - 1 scoop per gallon of water provides avian specific probiotics to supports avian digestive health and nutrient absorption. Also contains vitamins and electrolytes.

$11.00

Durvet Probiotics Daily Single Pak  Each Packet makes 1 gallon of drinking water.  Refresh daily.

$1.25

Durvet Vitamins & Electrolytes 100 gram jar -1 scoop per gallon of water provides essential vitamins and electrolytes formulated by Durvet to be a nutrient supplement for all classes of poultry.  Aids hydration and a nutrient for giving a  fast start to newly hatched chicks well as older birds.

$8.50

Durvet Vitamin and Electrolytes Single Pak  Each Packet makes 1 gallon of drinking water.  Refresh daily.

$1.25

GQF Vitamins Plus - Contains vitamins & minerals, organic acidifiers & a source of live natural-occuring micro-organisms to supplement gut acid product-ion often low in chicks.  Gets chicks off to a good start. Use when birds are stressed or after using wormers & antibiotics with adult birds to restore “good-gut bacteria”.

1 / $5.75

4 pkg. / $22.00

GROGEL PLUS with DPP replaces GroGel Plus B. It provides immediate nutrition for just hatch chicks & poults. For more info. about using it, read about the product at the end of this page.

$3.00

2 / $5.00

Iodine Solution 1 fl. oz. for preventing iodine deficiency in aviary birds

$3.00

Liquid B-12 plus Vitamin K (Rooster Booster) Super concentrated 10,000 per ounce of pure Vitamin B-12 aids stimulation of appetite for proper growth & increased alertness.  Dosage is printed on the bottle.

1 pint / $19.00

Happy Hen Mealworm Frenzy 100% dried mealworms are a great source of protein & a high energy snack & are perfect for training or taming chickens 2 weeks & older.

10 oz /  $11.00

Red Cell liquid vitamin-iron mineral supplement to mix with feed or water to promote good feathering and to get poultry in top condition for breeding and showing.  Promotes feathering.  Use 1 tbsp. per gallon of feed or 1 tsp. per gallon of water.

1 qt. / $13.00

1 gal./$32.00

STRESEEZ PLUS 10 gram package This is a nutritionally balance of essential vitamins, trace minerals for poultry drinking water.  Use as a “nutritional booster” each month  or during times of stress or whenever feed consumption is reduced. Read about the product at the end of this page.

$3.00

2 / $5.00

Vionate  Powdered feed additive contains 21 essential vitamins & minerals needed for maintaining healthy breeders and for improving the livability and growth of chicks. Is effective against preventing stress, leg problems, and crooked toes. 

8 oz/$6.00

Wheat Germ Oil Blend  A source  of Omega 3 & Omega 6 with vitamins A, D₃, & E added. Helps condition birds for breeding & showing. 

1 qt./$13.00

Nutrients Associated with Various Signs of Deficiency in Growing Birds

Nutrient Requirements of Poultry, 1994 edition

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 Deficiency

Physical Description

Nutrient Associated  with Deficiency

Skin Lesions

Crusting and formation of scabs on eyes and/or beak

Biotin, Pantothenic Acid

Bottoms of feet rough with hemorrhaging cracks

Biotin, Pantothenic Acid

Scales on feet

Zinc, Niacin

Lesions on eyes, eyelids stuck together

Vitamin A

Feather Abnormalities

Frizzled and rough

Zinc, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid

Incorrect pigmentation (red or brown instead of black & gray)

Folacin

Blood and Vascular

Anemia

Vitamin B₁, Folacin, Iron, Copper

Fatty liver

Cholin, Niacin, Copper

Enlarged heart

Copper

Muscles

White Muscle Disease

Vitamin E, Selenium

Bone Disorders

Soft, easily bent bones and beak

Vitamin D, Calcium or Phosphorus deficiency  or imbalance

Hock enlargement

Niacin, Zinc

Perosis (Slipped tendon)

Biotin, Choline, Vitamin B₁₂, Manganese, Zinc, Folacin

Bowed legs

Niacin, Calcium, Magnesium

Shortening or thickening of leg bones

Zinc, Magnesium

Curled Toes

Riboflavin, Niacin, Biotin

Nutrients have a great affect on what happens to an egg and egg production.  Egg production is affected by Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Riboflavin, Niacin, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid, Manganese, and Selenium.  The hatchability of an egg is affected by Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid, Vitamin B₁₂, Manganese, Zinc, Iodine, and Iron.  Fertility is affected by vitamins A and D.  The shell quality of an egg is affected by Vitamin D, Manganese, and Copper.  The number of eggs laid is affected by Niacin and Zinc, and the weight of an individual eggs is affected by manganese.  Riboflavin affects the quality of the chicks being hatched, and Pantothenic Acid is responsible for the viability (the condition of being able to maintain life after being hatched)  of hatched chicks.  Zinc affects the feather quality of chicks.

Signs of Deficiencies in Poultry Embryos

Data in the chart is from Nutrient Requirements in Poultry, 1994 ed.

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Not all embryonic deaths can be attributed to incubation problems such as temperature, humidity, or ventilation.  The data in the chart below clearly points out the importance of feeding poultry and other birds  a balanced diet.  The nutrient supply available to a developing embryo is no better than that supplied to the hen before the egg was laid.  Vitamins D, E, and K are fat soluble vitamins which are stored in the body fat of the hen provided they are fed at a level that is above the daily minimum requirements.  Stored vitamins are available to be deposited in the yolk.  Thiamin,  Riboflavin, Niacin, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid, and Vitamin B₁₂  are  not stored in the hen’s body and must be fed daily at a level high enough to create an amount beyond that needed for the daily maintenance requirements of the hen.  Excess amounts are then available to be deposited in the yolk.  The trace minerals Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Iodine, Iron, and Selenium can be stored in the bones and tissues of the hen.  Excess trace minerals can be deposited in the yolk.

Nutrients

Deficiency

Vitamin A

Death at about 48 hours of incubation because the circulatory system fails to develop.  Deformities of the kidneys, eyes, & skeleton.

Vitamin D

Death at about 18-19 days of incubation, with mal-positions, soft bones and/or a defective beak.

Vitamin E

Early death at 34 to 96 hours of incubation, with hemorrhaging and circulatory failure.

Vitamin K

Mortality occurs between 18 days and  the time of hatch with variable hemorrhaging.

Thiamin

High embryonic mortality during hatch without any obvious symptoms

Riboflavin

Mortality peaks at 60 hours, 14 days, and 20 days of incubation with peaks prominent early when deficiency is severe.  Altered limb and beak formation.

Niacin

Various beak and bone mal-formations can occur during incubation.

Biotin

High death rate at 19 to 21 days of incubation.  Embryos can have parrot beak or skeletal deformities.

Pantothemic Acid

Death occurs at 14 days of incubation in severe cases.  Variable hemorrhaging and edema (abnormal accumulation of fluids in body tissues and cavities may cause visible swelling); wiry feathers.

Folic Acid

Mortality at 20 days of incubation.  The head appears normal except for beak mal-formations.

Vitamin B₁₂

Mortality at 20 days of incubation.  Edema, hemorrhaging, fatty organs, and head between thighs mal-position.

Manganese

Peak deaths prior to hatch.  Edema, malformation, abnormal feathering.

Zinc

Deaths prior to hatch.  Underdeveloped or missing eyes.

Copper

Death at early blood stage.  No mal-formation.

Iodine

Prolonged hatching time.  Incomplete abdominal closure.

Iron

Low blood hemoglobin.  Poor embryonic circulation in candled eggs.

Selenium

High incidence of embryonic mortality early in incubation.