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  1. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Did you try to brush it with an old electric tootbrush? I did that and the big lumps fell Off after the second treatment. It looked like yours.
  2. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    I never measure it, just dump a good amount in the water. In a cup about one teaspoon.
  3. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Yes it is mite poop and dead mites. With brushing it will clear off eventually. The protocol I mentioned says to do it once a week. I did it every 3-4 days and it cleared very quickly. The hen that was the most severe took a month to clear and the skin started to get better. I was told the...
  4. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    mild case should be well in a month. you should use a toothbrush and soak the leg in warm water with epsom salt for a few minutes, then brush it with the toothbrush. dry and slather with vaseline. scales will grow back but you probably won't see them until next spring. i wonder though, if the...
  5. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    She was around 4 years old. She came from a large flock from a family factory farm, she was kept with a few other hens because she was fancy. They had to get rid of some hens due to the numbers and we picked the old fancy ones. She was laying an egg without calcium once every 5 days even though...
  6. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Hena's legs healed, I didn't have to do soaks, brushing and vaseline for more than a few weeks, but I was doing it every 3-4 days, not once a week. The scales started to grow back. She was old and started to lay scrambled eggs. She had gout, we thought she had a broken leg but it was just...
  7. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Yesterday 2 pieces fell off the left leg; one large from the top of the leg and one small from a finger, just when I was thinking the condition is so bad I don't think it will get better. I am encouraged by this. Now I can see that there are no scales on the legs. Are they going to grow back...
  8. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    These were taken 3 days ago. There are hard growths on the top of the leg close to the feathers and she is missing feathers on the underside too but she does not have red or irritated skin there.
  9. as110

    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Is this leg mites? I have treared with epsom salt soak and vaselibe 3 times in the last two weeks. I separated her in the last 4 days during the day and put her back on the roost for the night, but she went to the top and I think it hurts to come down do tonight she sleeps in a large box in the...
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