Gnarly chicken's feet

[girls and guineas]

Some of my chickens have bumpy, gnarly feet. I read it's mites. I think you can spray their feet with oil.
Do I need to catch them individually and spray oil on their feet/legs??
Or is there an easier way to treat them??

 

[ChickNanny13]

Pictures would help, you maybe dealing with mites, think they're called Scaly Mites. Search it to see if that's what your dealing with, think you'll need to treat individually, how many chickens are you having to deal with?

 

[girls and guineas]

Pictures would help, you maybe dealing with mites, think they're called Scaly Mites. Search it to see if that's what your dealing with, think you'll need to treat individually, how many chickens are you having to deal with?

 

[girls and guineas]

Maybe 8 out of 20. Hoping I didn't have to try and catch them. Maybe catch them at night. I think the oil is supposed to suffocate the mites. I have used cooking oil in a spray bottle.
I sometimes spray the floor and roosts with bleach water.

 

[ChickNanny13]

If I recall, petroleum jelly was recommended, check out the thread.

 

[girls and guineas]

Ty. Seems like the petroleum jelly would be hard to get it rubbed on the feet! I'll try to find that thread.

 

[Kiki]

Any type of spray cooking oil will work..and yes you will need to spray each leg individually.
At night will probably be the easiest.

 

[Kiki]

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[Wyorp Rock]

Maybe 8 out of 20. Hoping I didn't have to try and catch them. Maybe catch them at night. I think the oil is supposed to suffocate the mites. I have used cooking oil in a spray bottle.
I sometimes spray the floor and roosts with bleach water.

Unfortunately you will need to treat each bird individually if they have Scaly leg mites.
You can wash the legs in warm soapy water to remove the debris under the scales (this is mite poop) and help soften them a bit. Apply oils of choice.

You can also use something like Ivermectin Pour On and treat each bird individually. Ivermectin is absorbed into the bloodstream and can be used to treat both internal and external parasites, depending on dosage and administration. Ivermectin has no labeling for use in poultry, so keep in mind that an egg withdrawal period should be followed. Without labeling, a general guideline would be to throw away eggs for 30days after the last treatment is administered (atleast 45days ---or consult your vet). To treat for external parasites (lice/mites/depluming mites, etc.) for "standard" size fowl, apply 5drops of Ivermectin Pour On to the back of the chicken's neck, repeat treatment in 14days. The legs will still benefit from washing and having some type of ointment applied to help heal and soothe the underlying skin so new scales can grow in.

 

[girls and guineas]

Any type of spray cooking oil will work..and yes you will need to spray each leg individually.
At night will probably be the easiest.