- May 4, 2012
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One of my chickens has a severe case of scaly leg mites. She is our shyest chicken so we did not notice until we saw her limping today. One leg is so bad it looks like a growth on the side of her leg.
We caught her (with a net, unfortunately) and washed her legs and generously applied vaseline. I have read through a lot of information and haven't seen a case with the growth looking part. I have read that you have to reapply vaseline rather frequently. I do not see this as an option because it took us a long time to catch her and I don't want to stress her out that frequently.
She is the only one of our four chickens that has an issue.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
We caught her (with a net, unfortunately) and washed her legs and generously applied vaseline. I have read through a lot of information and haven't seen a case with the growth looking part. I have read that you have to reapply vaseline rather frequently. I do not see this as an option because it took us a long time to catch her and I don't want to stress her out that frequently.
She is the only one of our four chickens that has an issue.
Does anyone have any suggestions?