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I'm having the same problem with our lavender orpington, but we don't own a rooster. I haven't seen the other hens picking at her. Should I assume it's the other hens? Do we know if there other causes for this?

Hi there! Thank you for the reply. Sure I don't mind if you use the photos. You are correct, we did notice some build-up on her feet when we first got her. It was much less at that time and I was inexperienced with chickens, I thought it was just poop and other debris on her feet. One we...

I have an update! It's been almost 2 weeks since the Ivermectin treatment. The growths are loosening and falling off. It's evident that her toes are damaged and deformed underneath. It looks painful. I will continue rubbing polysporin and Vaseline into her feet. It helps loosen the growths...

Hi, we are kind of new at this, so I'm hoping the community can give me some feedback and tips about my silkie girl's bad case of scaly leg mites... We only have 2 hens and we are still learning things from friends and websites like this. I didnt realize my hen had this problem, as I had no...