Scaly leg mites

[iloveanimals73]

How to get rid of scaly leg mites

 

[chooks4life]

Vaseline, cooking oil, pine tar, olive oil, anything that will smother them and drown them. All it really takes is one or two good soakings, the entire foot and leg being covered all the way up to the thigh feathers; I prefer to use pine tar (stockholm tar) myself because it heals and disinfects at the same time, but some people would rather use harmful chemicals (totally unnecessary, even plain oil will do the job).

There is a genetic predisposition to them, if the animals get them badly and often, then they are susceptible. That susceptibility goes hand in hand with other weaknesses.

Diet can be to blame to some degree, adding garlic and anti-vermin herbs to the diet regularly can fix it, but culling out such weak lines is a better long-term idea if you breed them. Resistant birds just never get them regardless of living with heavily infected birds.

Best wishes.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Glad you could join the flock! Great advice there for you from chooks4life on scaly leg mites. Here is an article on mites for you to check out https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mites-lice-treatment-and-prevention

Wishing you the very best of luck, enjoy BYC

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Hello

and Welcome to BYC!

Glad to have you join! Feel free to make yourself at home!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined!

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to BYC!

I'm glad you joined us.

Chooks4Life has given you some good advice!

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Chooks gave great advice.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC!

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

I've never had to deal with mites, so I'll just wish you the best of luck!