hey i found a baby duck and i just want to know how to take care off him properly his name is donald or doddy for short

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! thanks for joining us.

 

[daddydomandonny]

Hello and welcome to BYC! If you can please post a picture of Donny, so we can try to tell you how old and what breed he/she is. also if you can get a close up of what you think is lice.
Ducks rarely if ever get lice, because they spend so much time in water. Ive had a dozen or so ducks for 7 years with zero lice. but then this year I got a couple of chickens, and they had lice! but my ducks still didnt get any..
Ducks need to always have clean fresh water thats deep enough for them to get their head into, they clean their eyes and the nares (like nostrils) on their bills that way. They can eat all flock feed or duck feed , my favorite brand is mazuri feed for waterfowl. They are a prey animal, so they need you to protect them from predators. There are articles about how to care for ducks in the :learning center" section of this website.

sorry for the poor quality picture ,just for some backround info we have moneys here where i live and they carry alot of lice

 

[Jenbirdee]

Lice are species specific. A duck can’t get monkey lice.