My call ducks have lice!

[Sun_Ducks]

I found lice on one of my call ducks, I was wondering what are some good and fast treatments to get rid of them? Can I get lice from my ducks?​

 

[nuthatched]

Can you get poultry dust (pyrethrine) where you are? I'm not sure if you can get lice from them.

 

[Banana01]

Sorry your ducks have it. You could get it from the environment. Like whenever I touch my chicken coop, i get mites on me, but they dont stay on my body long even though they do itch.

My ducks (muscovys) bathe 10x per day and I never even considered parasites could penetrate their feathers. Whereas all my chickens are covered in thousands of mites, the ducks i thought were impervious. Do your ducks bathe at during the day?

 

[Sun_Ducks]

Can you get poultry dust (pyrethrine) where you are? I'm not sure if you can get lice from them.

I have some Diatomaceous earth but I don't know how long I'll have to use it to be sure the lice is gone.

 

[ChickenLeg]

ivermectin pour on, Id treat once a week for 3 weeks if it was me. It'll knock it out fast. I also used Martins permethrin 10% dip on my chickens when they got lice. I only dipped them one time them treated them with ivermectin, repeated with ivermectin for 2 more weeks. They never came back.. all this is just as safe for ducks as chickens

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I have some Diatomaceous earth but I don't know how long I'll have to use it to be sure the lice is gone.

That may not cut it. Diatomaceous earth is really not very helpful.

 

[Banana01]

I have some Diatomaceous earth but I don't know how long I'll have to use it to be sure the lice is gone.

It's really hard to penetrate duck feathers with any type of dust bath, but maybe someone else has done it. Maybe get better response in the ducks forum asking how to control insects because here you may get good advice, but you need someone that has actually used a dust bath on ducks before you try it. Their feathers and skin are very different from chickens.

 

[nuthatched]

I have some Diatomaceous earth but I don't know how long I'll have to use it to be sure the lice is gone.

It really won't help, it might kill the lice but not their eggs, so they cycle continues, it's not very effective.

 

[Sun_Ducks]

Can you get poultry dust (pyrethrine) where you are? I'm not sure if you can get lice from them.

How long will it take to be sure the lice is gone? and how often should I apply it?

 

[Kiki]

Permethrin spray is easy to use.
Spray EVERY one and the coop weekly (every 5 days would be better) for no less then 3 treatments.
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DE will not work.