they look great in ther new home!well they outgrew the 50 gallon plastin bin I had them in..So I used the dogs X-Pen and covered it with chicken wire and lined bottom with tarp, used the usual pine shaving for the bottomthey LOVE it! they have room to run around now!
Can ducks get lice and mite?
My flock ( chickens ) have mites and I treated them all and did everything. I dusted my ducks just to make sure as well but then I wondered if they even had to?
There feathering is different ( more oily than chickens ) and they Swim ( what a surprise). So does any one know?
plus now since its open they see us all the time which is good for the khaki they LOVE watching the dogs lol
If ducks have plenty of swimming water they can stay pretty parasite free. We had an out break of mites in the chicken coop last fall the only thing separating the ducks from the chickens is a wall and screen door. not one mite on the duck side.
Ditto this is what I have heard, too. Duck can get mites sometimes, but I don't hear about it often.
Hi everyone,
I just found this thread while duck searching the forums. I am raising my first two ducklings now. They are 4 weeks old today and getting in their feathers. I hate to say it but I find myself spending more time with the two ducks than my chickens. I really am starting to love those little guys. They take my heart every time they get this sweet look or cooing noise.I love my chickens they are my Ladies. But these ducklings are just sweeping me away. It is a good thing I got told we are capped out on animals right now or I would absolutely want more ducks instead of chickens. I do understand why they say it is good to have at least 2 of them. They need each other in their chicken filled world.
It is late here but in the morning I am going to have to find time to catch up on reading all the pages on this thread. I'm only up to page 5 right now.
