bad case of chicken mites

[BlueHorse17]

thank you..i think shes feeling and her legs are looking better..but its going to be some time for it to heal..i cant beleive how bad mites ripp into there skin..its horrible..but ill keep on keeping on..im so glad i joined BYC ppl have been so great with there advice

Glad she is looking a bit better. Mites love to dig in and get into all sorts of crevices! Ugh! Horrid things.

 

[Carolyn Tearne]

I know how difficult it is to see them suffer. I too can loose sleep over my birds if one is sick. It's heart breaking! But it sounds like she has the best Mom in the world caring for her! She knows she is loved.

hello..sorry its taken me so long to reply..thank u for ur kind words..i have to say the more i treat this lovely bantum the more i grow attached..shes such a fighter..but i just feel things just arent looking better..the scabs are still very much attached..i dont think the mites are alive..because she is still holding one leg up..i noticed her nails are getting really long due to her not scatching for bugs..could i cut her toe nails? i do my dogs nyself..but ive never heard of a chicken getting there nails trimmed..i kind of think maybe her long nails maybe hurting due to them being twice the length of my laying hens..i had no idea mites could be so awful..the more i read about them the more i feel this bantum has been like this for a very long time..poor little girl..

 

[sourland]

Yes, you can trim her nails. Just as with your dogs be careful not to hit the quick and have some sort of styptic pencil or blood stop product available just in case.