Feather-legged cock bird with inflamed feather shafts(?)

[Wynette]

Thanks, Sonoran; will do. Good feedback!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

You're welcome

 

[kayri]

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Hi, when you say treat with pour on ivermectin do you mean pour it on his legs straight? or dilute? When birds have those nasty black and red coop mites, do they automatically have leg mites also? My hen's legs are black so I can't really tell if she has leg mites as well as the other mites that I am dusting her for? Thanks Kay

 

[Wynette]

Kay, typically with scaley leg mites, the scales of the legs will appear lifted up. Don't go by my pictures in this thread, if this rooster DOES have them, it is not a typical presentation.

There is pour-on ivermectin and injectable; if you can get the 1% injectable, you dilute it and apply to the legs for scaley leg mites. The 5% injectable you use sort of like the spot-on types of flea meds for dogs - you put a few drops onto their skin, and it absorbs through their skin. This will get rid of any external parasites, such as the ones you mention. BUT - you ALSO have to get rid of them in your coop/pen as well - mites hang out in wood, so you need to make sure to treat all the cracks and crevices, including roosts and nest boxes, in your coop to make sure you've gotten them all.

Good luck!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

My response was to take the dose appropriate for the bird (personally I use the pour-on only), mix it with oil to dilute it, and then apply the entire amount to the legs. This was specific to a bird with leg mite problems. Normally I put it in the wing-pit, and only dilute for young birds less than half grown.

So, for instance, if the dose is .25 ml, dilute with another .25 ml of oil, than apply the entire .5 ml (.25+.25=.5)

If you were to dilute the injectible, you would use water, not oil.

 

[kayri]

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I am SO on those black and red mites!. I have been spraying, dusting, using ivermectin, permethin, pyrethroids and every other thing on all surfaces and on the chickens also, just wondered if I had to cover their legs in oil/permethrin as well. I think the 5 mg/l drop Ivermectin should work. Thanks for your answer. Kay

 

[BronteBlu]

I just logged on after washing the feet of my rooster who is also getting over Fowl Pox. I noted that the feather shafts at the base nearest the skin are also inflamed. I looked at his feet and it actually looks like the pox on his face, although not as bad. Could there be 2 things going on? The pox and mites? *sigh* If it's not one thing it's another!

 

[Wynette]

Welcome to BYC, BronteBlu!

I don't think Pox shows on their feet, but I'm not 100% sure there. Do a search on here, searching for maybe "Fowl pox - feet" or something like that, and you're sure to get some answers. It's also always a good idea to post pics when & if you can - you'll get lots more feedback that way.

OH, I know what you mean. Sometimes, it seems that just when one thing is resolved, another comes along. It can be very frustrating, but hang in there - chickens are so worth it!

 

[dlhunicorn]

Oh my!!! poooooooorrrr poooorrrr baby!!!
I have seen such before in a thread from several years back on the eZboard site.... The bird died shortly after vetRX being applied (do NOT use vet\\RX or teatreeoil as both are extremely toxic when absorbed through open skin which is apparent from your photos (teatree oil in particular)

I would clean with a dilute chlorhexidine based solution (hibiclens is one)
(from the MERCK manual: Chlorhexidine diacetate 0.05% has sustained residual activity against a broad spectrum of bacteria, while causing minimal tissue inflammation. However, gram-negative bacteria may become resistant to chlorhexidine. Stronger solutions of chlorhexidine are toxic to healing tissue) > if it were me I would fill a bucket and let him stand in it a couple minutes then rinse off > let air dry and then spray on a 2% dilution of ivermectin (ask your vet as this is a standard solution for mange mites for guinea pigs for example) > let that airdry then spray n some non-perfumed (so the hypoallergenic type) of baby oil (no vaseline of other fat type ) .
Separate him to a clean dustfree environment (no shavings) and monitor over the next couple days to see if there is any improvement (if you have a good nonfatty type of aloevera gel apply that for the irritatation and repeat the chlorhexidine rinse on day three along with the baby oil)
Give it a week then report back with the results. It will probably not be completely healed within that short time period but if it appears to be "better" but only still sore looking I would then apply a honey dressing for a couple days then again repeat the above.

I do not know exactly what it is but if a mite or such the ivermectine should be effective.

I would not apply any prethrine or sevine dust (or any other dust)

ETA: sorry I did not reply earlier > even though I was logged in her I was actually konked out asleep on my couch all this time (still recovering from a nasty bout of flu)

 

[elmo]

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No, fowl pox definitely can show up on legs...any place that doesn't have feathers. Fowl pox was the first thing I thought of when I looked at these pictures, although it's hard to tell since they aren't close ups.

About the pink stripe on the outside of your rooster's legs, I think that might be natural coloration. Mine has it, looks kind of like racing stripes! You may just not have noticed it before because you never looked that closely at his legs.