Bad mites, feet hard as rocks-can't move them? Eyes are swelled?

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Has it been snowing and/or extremely cold where you are? It looks to me like she has severe frost bite. Did it start with swollen blistered feet?
 
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Mite are not a disease there is no weaker bird gets it more then the non weaker bird. the mites she is dealing with suck the vitamins and nutrience right out of the bird causing them to be weak. and lose there will to eat. scaly leg mites are best treated with a petrolium based product this I will agree on. However it only Kills whats on the host at that time. heres an article on northern fowl mites. http://www.varmentguard.com/pestlibrary/NORTHERN%20FOWL%20MITE.pdf
That should helpyou better understand why your birds are weak.

I realize it's not a disease, but mites, like other host reliant insects - mange comes to mind - can adversely effect and will be harder to get rid of on animals that are genetically weaker and have a predisposition to illness more so than other varieties or even other members of the same variety.
 
I had silkie whose feet began to swell and blister. I kept her in the house to try and treat her. She smelt so bad. I thought it was an infection. The blisters and swelling went away but she was left with hard, black, dehydrated, unmovable feet. I realized that her feet had died. We had a lot of snow and got down to -34F. I lost three birds because of the cold. Your silkie's feet look, to me, just like my silkie's feet did. Even down to the peeling skin. I hope I'm wrong. We had to cull my silkie because of it. She was fine otherwise but couldn't walk and smelt horrid. Good luck with yours.
 
If you pay attention to the Posters first post she saw red mites on the bird. thus being said you will not see scaly leg mite only the damage they cause to the feet. If I had to give my best guess it seems thatyou have 2 types of mites northern and Scaly. As wela has stated the choice of the Oil/petrolium you use is up to you it all works the same mechanical way. Ivomec pour on works threw the blood stream meaning if it bites the bird it dies. thus helping in eradication of the parasite. That is to include bird lice, brown mites, chicken mites, worms, Northern fowl mites, fleas, flies, and the such it has a 30-60 day effect and will even kill newly hatched eggsfrom the host. Toe lose is due to scaly leg mites, I would just treat as you see fit. and be rid of them.
 
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Yes it did, but she had those mites at the same time. I've never had a problem with frostbite, but guess it could be (I don't even know what it looks like). There's not much crust on her feet....I'm going to put oil on it and get the ivermectin stuff
 
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This sounds just like her, but her smell wasn't so bad. I never even thought about frostbite. When I posted awhile back I had mentioned the feet and they said that the mites could bite them up pretty badly so I just assumed mites. I had some chickens (temporarily) that had scaley leg mites when I brought them home. I didn't know it til I posted pics....difference was that the other chickens feet were very large, like they had 15 extra layers of skin on them....my silkies feet don't seem to be any "thicker". It don't get -34 degrees here but we have had some very cold temps lately
 
I think there is more than mites to this story, as evidenced by the swollen eyes and general condition.

I would treat with ivomec, do not wash the bird she's stressed enough already, and keep her warm and away from your other birds. Try seeing if she will take a little sugar water. If you have a bird supply store or an avian vet they might have a food for birds in distress. Harrison's (the brand) Recovery Diet is great (it makes a soft mush that can be tube fed if needed) or Lefebers baby parrot food comes to mind. The reason I recommend these is that a) they are designed with what birds can easily digest in mind b) designed to support the system of young, weak, or ill birds and provide them with the nutrients they need.

I try to keep a bag on hand just in case. I get a 1 lb bag of the powdered harrison's for about $8 and it goes a long ways.
 
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I Just remembered I helped you with your mite problem on the rescue at the amish farm I believe it was
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5137708#p5137708 there is a lot of good information on this thread.
 

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