Mites?!

Finally got time and no rain to check them out. We checked 4 ducks. I looked near their eyes, on their necks, under wibgs, and near their vents and didn't see anything creepy crawling. It was surprisingly hard to see their skin, but we did in several places. Would the mites have been obvious?

I also sprayed their bedding with neem. We are going to decide about removing all of it Monday. If we remove it, do we need to burn it? Or can we throw it outside their enclosure in the woods? Too much to bag. I think we're also going to move to just feeding them in the morning and evening and not keeping water in their coop at night. It seems to be Contributing to their bedding being too wet.

I really appreciate your help @Miss Lydia . You are always helpful informative and this time is no exception. I had actually planned to investigate fermented feed over Christmas break, until I was sidetracked by this. Thanks for the link. I may have more questions about that too
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Good move on keeping feed and water out of house they do make such a mess. When my chickens had mites I could see them on them after I knew what to look for, so most likely if you didn't see any you don't have them. There are other types of bugs that can get into deep bedding I see some that look like tiny months climbing around in it here at times but My chickens scratch up the bedding in their coop looking for bugs so I am sure they are eating anything they find. If they didn't have any around their vents or under their wings then probably not mites. Keeping out water for them to bathe in as long as weather permits will help keep them off your ducks too. When you spray their house though you need to spray all cracks and crevices that is where mites like to hide.
 

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