Egg production lowered by Scaly Leg Mites?

[amberflea]

KEROSENE IS TOXIC! There are alot of other BETTER ways to get rid of scaley leg mites that have been updated since the old old ways of using kerosene...
Also, I would give them more than a week or two once your problem is cleared up before sacrificing a chicken, it might take them a month to heal and de-stress before they lay as they normally should...
Have you wormed them at all?

 

[Whimsical Farming Wife]

Well I am about 2 weeks into my scaly leg mite attack, and seeing definate egg production improvements already! In about a week, we went from 3 eggs/day to 9! I dropped the leg dipping down to every 2 or 3 days rather than every night (every night is incredibly labour intensive). Their legs (particularly the Silkies) look so much better!

 

[klmclain1]

You probably don't need to treat them anymore. It will take a LONG time for their legs to get totally back to normal. One place I saw said up to a year. In the meantime, the mites should be dead...the scales don't go back down..they have to wait until they're shed eventually! Glad to hear you're finally getting some eggs!