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    Mites

    Thank you!
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    Mites

    That is an interesting question.... it's possible. I ended up cleaning and spraying the house & pen, and giving everyone a dose of ivermectin on their skin. Thanks for the input. I'll have to see if I can get a magnifier and look at them if I see them again.
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    Mites

    Ok, I went out and checked their bodies for mites. They were not cooperative, and I could only check their bellies and heads. I didn't find any mites on them, but they could be elsewhere. However, I dug through the straw in their house, and there were an assortment of small bugs underneath...
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    Mites

    When I collected eggs this morning, there were mites on one of the duck's eggs (about 10 mites on one egg). I have read that I can spray with permethrin. This is easy enough to acquire at tractor supply, but I haven't been able to find out how it's actually done. Do I just dilute it in a...
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    Needing some advice from experienced folk on male/female relations and pen size

    Hello, I got 3 ducks in the early summer that were supposed to be all girls. I built them a very secure 6x4 house attached to a very secure 6 x 10 run. They can come and go as they please between the house and the pen. I recently started using a 10x10 tractor with kiddie pool to move them...
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    Guidance on the sub-floor of a duck run/predator proofing

    That's an interesting idea. It would certainly make me feel better about security. I tried purchasing hardware cloth last night- apparently it's currently hard to find! It was out of stock in my local stores and my first online order got cancelled an hour later. Hoping the 2nd online order...
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    Guidance on the sub-floor of a duck run/predator proofing

    I'm preparing for the arrival of our small flock of ducks in a few weeks. In planning the run, I have come to a point where I don't know how to proceed. In my original plan, I was going to build the run on top of grass, put hardware cloth around the perimeter (either buried vertically directly...
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