Chicken has huge, weird growth on foot (mites?)

[WooingWyandotte]

 

[ChicwannaB]

I read one responce told you to use SEVIN. I recently read in "The Poultry Magazine" Issue 8-Vol 2 on page 12 and I transcribe this verbatim; "CARBARYL-Other name, SEVIN--CARCINOGEN. A carbamate insecticide C12H11NO2 is effective especially against numerous pests, lice, ticks, and beetles. Product is poisonous if absorbed by skin contact or swallowed. Avoid contact with eyes and skin. Do not inhale. Keep away from water. Classified as a likely human carcinogen by the EPA. Acuetly toxic to honeybees. Carbaryl is illegal to sell in United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Angola due to the health risks associated with it. Article references supplied per request. "
It was part of an ad for "Care Free Enzymes" website was www.carefreeenzymes.com
Im new to all this myself and keep re-reading all my stack of about 12 magazines. I haven't encountered the problems associated with poultry keeping yet but Im sure my day is coming. I will try to use the safest products on the market for my birds, dogs/cats, and humans, as well as the environment. Hope all goes well for your hen.

 

[Darlasmum]

Good job-Keep up the doctoring. It looks like your space is large- but clean shavings, sand and good sanitation are the girls and your long term best friends.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Updated pictures?

 

[SbSvsNanaBearxo]

1) What type of bird , age and weight: A year old? A red hen, not sure what breed or weight.
2) What is the behavior, exactly: Serious limping, lies down a lot. Eating, drinking and pooping though. And pretty alert.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms: Ages. A couple of months maybe?
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms: No, the other hen seems fine.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma: No, though some of her feathers seem a bit threadbare.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation: I have no idea.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all: Hard little brown long round pellets (not sure what they're called), and then the treats I bring her (strawberries, grapes, raisins, white bread and peanuts). She drinks water.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.: Fine, I think. I'm not sure what it's supposed to look like?
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far: Nothing, just lots of treats and petting. I don't know where to start!
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet: I want to treat her myself because she doesn't actually belong to me, and I'm not sure her owners would be okay with taking her to the vet.

11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. Below.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use: Woodchip? They have an indoor coop and an outside run.

I posted on this a couple of days ago, but I had just joined the site, didn't know what I was doing and had no pictures. A couple of people suggested it might be scaly leg mites, but I looked all around the coop today and examined her leg and the legs of the other chicken... and I'm not sure. I don't see any evidence of leg mites, but leg mites is the only thing it seems to be? I took some photos to show how bad it is.

And here's her coopmate, happy and healthy, with no sign of leg issues:

One of my hens looks very similar on her left front foot, limps badly. Can I spray hydrogen peroxide on it? Three other hands and my rooster are fine. Help!!

 

[Aunt Angus]

One of my hens looks very similar on her left front foot, limps badly. Can I spray hydrogen peroxide on it? Three other hands and my rooster are fine. Help!!

This is a super old thread. You might want to post a new one.

Scaly leg mites won't respond to hydrogen peroxide. They need to be smothered with vaseline or treated with something like spinosad or permethrin. And you'll need to treat the whole coop - cleaning out all the bedding, bagging it or burning the bedding, spraying down the whole thing with permethrin or similar. Your entire flock will need to be treated, unfortunately. And at least twice. Ugh.

If it's that severe, the bird will likely need to have it's feet soaked and lightly scrubbed with a toothbrush or some other soft bristled brush to exfoliate the scales.

My internet is bad, or I'd post links. Maybe do a search on BYC for scaly leg mite treatment. I just dealt with this a couple of months ago, though not this bad at all. No fun at all.