Natural way to deal wirh scaly leg mites?

[Naolove]

Hello! I'm brand new to this site and fairly new to chickens (4 years). I had a hen show up in my goat pen about 4 months ago, couldnt figure out where she came from as none of my neighbors recognized her as theirs. She was small and thin and has a massive amount of feathers on her legs. Fast forward to now and there has been an outbreak of scaly leg mites. Is there anything that I can do that's one natural and two doesnt require withdrawing the eggs? I will be honest covid hit my fam extremely hard and those little butt nuggets are what's keeping us alive (no judgment on that please, it's been really really hard and terrifying) any ideas would be so appreciated! Thank you in advance and thanks for having a chicken forum! I wish I knew about this when I got started!

 

[coach723]

You can soak the legs and feet, clean off any dried debris from the mites as much as you can, a soft tooth brush used gently helps. Slather the legs with vegetable oil, you can also use the toothbrush to help work it under the scales. I like castor oil because it's very thick. You can also use vaseline or nu stock ointment. The idea is to smother the mites. Reapply several times a week until the legs/feet start to look more normal. It can take a while depending on how bad the mites are (pictures are always good).

 

[roy2636]

ive been using vaseline along with diatomaceous earth

 

[black_cat]

I've been working with scaly leg mites as well- I give all of mine an epsom salt bath (just legs) and scrub the legs with a toothbrush (bought specifically for that purpose) and at night, I put vaseline on the legs to smother the mites.

 

[coach723]

DE won't do anything, but the vaseline will suffocate the mites.