Having silkies, I've dealt with them three times in 7-8 years. We use DE so they don't get any other mites or lice, but they still get these.Just wondering what treatments people find to be the "easiest" when dealing with scaley leg mites.We have 38 chickens, so I know it's going to be time consuming to treat all. So far, I've only used castor oil with a drop of tea tree oil on the 3 showing signs. (Slathered it on and gently massaged it in.) I want to get a plan in place before I get to work treating all.
The first two times, hubby and I went out at night and slathered their feet and legs with Vaseline that had a bit of A&D Diaper rash ointment and Vicks mixed in it, just for good measure. We did that every other night for three different times. That got rid of them.
Then, about six months ago, they got them again. This time instead of 6-7 chickens, there were 14, so I was not about to go greasing up 28 feet and researched it to find Ivermection 5% Pour On works.
Dosage: (topical only) is 1 mg/kg = 0.09 ml lb.
1 eyedropper drop is 0.05 ml
My silkies average 3 lb. I applied two drops the last time, on their back, behind their neck. Spread the feathers there and apply the drop(s). Repeat in 10 days. 2 weeks suggested egg withdrawal.
It worked!
Hubby did no such withdrawal and ate the eggs anyway. He's still alive.
