Can baby chicks get scaly leg mites? And how to prevent it.

[CHICKENX2005]

I'm in the process of attempting to get rid of a small scaly leg mite infestation. I'm treating the older chickens but I also have a lot of chicks. The youngest ones are a month old. How should I go about treating/preventing scaly leg mites in them? I don't want them to end up with a bad case of leg mites luckily only a couple of my chickens a 4 year old hen and rooster look like that. But I can see signs of leg mites in some other chickens. I don't think that the chicks have been exposed to them yet. They are in a different part of the yard but there are wild birds everywhere so...

Thanks

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Have you provided a dust bath for them? This would be very beneficial for them.

 

[CHICKENX2005]

Have you provided a dust bath for them? This would be very beneficial for them.

For the chicks or for the adults?
The adults have a huge fenced in area with lots of spots that they dust themselves in. The chicks run has harder ground that they probably can't use as a dust bath. Should I give them something to us as a dust bath?

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Yes, or at least I would! I don't have problems with mites because I have sandy soil. Both chicks and adults have dust baths so between their own preening and dust bathing, I think this is how they avoid mites.

 

[CHICKENX2005]

Yes, or at least I would! I don't have problems with mites because I have sandy soil. Both chicks and adults have dust baths so between their own preening and dust bathing, I think this is how they avoid mites.

Should I give my chicks and/or adults some sand to use? I don't have sandy soil at least not with the chickens. It's more just dusty dirt that they use.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

dusty soil is great for a dust bath but even better if you add a little sand. I don't know how I got so lucky with this soil being the perfect dustbath. It's a dusty dirt, sand combo and I used to add DE and wood ash but they didn't seem to like any better than just soil and sand.

 

[CHICKENX2005]

For the chick should I put it straight on the ground or in a flat container?

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I start 4 week old chicks with a dust bath in a tub (it's a Large size kitty litter tray.) Then a real storage tub until they're integrated with the bigs around 12 weeks.

 

[aart]

Treat all the adults effectively and the chicks won't get them.
They spread pretty slowly.
How are you treating the adults?