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I feed chickens with italian pizza. No,I'm joking!
Yes, the most friendly quail I knowI’ve had tame quail before but they’d still have a wary side to them and I wouldn’t have trusted them to free range like Hugo. I would go as far as saying Hugo is a ‘bomb-proof’ quail
He’s been around us when we’ve been working in the garden and on the house, we’ve dropped stuff that’s made a loud noise and he isn’t phased.
Scaly leg isn’t great on a bird and of course does need treating but people hear ‘mite’ and go into panic mode. Scaly leg mites are by far the most easiest to treat and eliminate.
If it’s not bad on your Silkie I’d wash the feet in warm water (soak them) and then scrub them with a toothbrush to loosen any scales that are raised and gross. If the scales aren’t raised enough to come off don’t force them. Then lather the legs in a thick amount of petroleum jelly making sure it’s well worked under any scales too.
Me being me I do this every day if I have a bird with scaly leg like my snowflakes I bought. That’s only because I want to see smooth legs quicker.
You could do it two days in a row, each time you’ll notice the jelly has loosened any raised scales and they can be rubbed off. Then repeat in 7 days. If no improvement, continue with treatment or do it more often.
It’s always worth buying a scaly leg preventer spray to spray onto your flocks legs even if they aren’t showing it and don’t have it
Wow, thank you very much!!!
: I've already bathed her feet, but even if i brushed it with the toothbrush, i couldn't remove any scale...I understood my error! i applied the oil only some days, but i have to apply it all days until resolution...! I'll do. I heard someone does it with mineral oil or sunflower seed oil... Do you know if it is a letal thing? I absolutely want to get rid of it, but i'd like to know if it is an emergency...
I just posted this in my intro and thought I'd cross-post it here too. Got a few pictures of the girls today! They chose a new spot for a community dust bath and were very proud of themselves. (DH's comment is "3 phase chickens" ... a little electrical engineering humor for you.) Poor Plucky (the reddish hen) is missing some feathers from a recent close encounter with a very bold fox.
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Wow...really great hens
Poor Plucky! so cute 
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The four chicks so far
AWWWWWWWW
