Help! Weird Dirt-Like Patches on Hen's Legs and Feet

[GlicksChicks]

It almost seems like she pulled her scales on something and they bled and dried with the dirt that is stuck on it. soak her feet and see if any of it comes off.

On a Facebook group they said it looks like fowl pox. Chickens can get it on their feet, it just isn't common.

 

[CCsGarden]

On a Facebook group they said it looks like fowl pox. Chickens can get it on their feet, it just isn't common.

didn't think of that! could be true!

 

[SandyRiverChick]

She had this issue before she went into the crate. It started out in their coop. In their coop they have a dust bath with diatemacious earth and their whole run is dirt, so they like to dig holes and dust bathe in there.
In the crate I will put a container with dirt in it and take it out to refill it and then put it back in.

I don't think ticks though. When I look closely at it, it looks like dark globs of dirt. Not insects, and don't ticks go for their skin, not scales?

You're right, to me it looks like ticks up under the scale, but I've never heard of that. Thanks for explaining, so she lives in a dog crate with a rooster and another hen? Temporarily? And they don't have the same thing??

 

[Saundra4]

Hello, I have a Legbar pullet who was recently moved into a large kennel with her sister and a rooster I got for them. This was when I noticed these weird things on her legs. Though this moving was not the cause of it, because she had them when she went in there.

I had assumed she had some mud stuck to her leg or something, so I ignored it. Fast forward a couple days, it is still there, and it seems like there is more.

The Legbar is young, my calender says she is around 9 weeks (though for some reason I think she is older.)

The hen does not act lethargic and has no issues walking. It does not seem painful to her at all. She acts completely normal.

Before moving to the cage, she was living with 29 other chickens in a large coop and run. I have not seen them get picked on, they were surprisingly accepted into the flock very easily. They eat with everyone else and drink with everyone else. They were not on the bottom of the pecking order. In fact, they were some of the ones sleeping on the top roosts at night.

They are eating chick starter. Golden Oaks. And they get fresh water and shade.

Idk what that is but I ordered some mite spray just to have on hand and it talks about spraying their legs. I will say I tried the spray in their tray where they poop under the roost because sometimes I get those gnat things in there on the poop. It kills them in an instant. It’s from Amazon

 

[GlicksChicks]

You're right, to me it looks like ticks up under the scale, but I've never heard of that. Thanks for explaining, so she lives in a dog crate with a rooster and another hen? Temporarily? And they don't have the same thing??

Yes, they live in there temporarily. We are building them a larger breeding pen. And no, they don't have the same thing. I have been told this is fowl pox, and they can get it on the legs and feet, but rarely.

My chickens did go through a fowl pox episode around a month ago, all on their faces though, and her and her sister didn't get it. I never considered this to be fowl pox on the legs.

 

[GlicksChicks]

didn't think of that! could be true!

They even showed me pictures of someone else who had a hen with fowl pox on the legs and it looked exactly like mine. I almost thought it was mine

 

[CCsGarden]

They even showed me pictures of someone else who had a hen with fowl pox on the legs and it looked exactly like mine. I almost thought it was mine

Wow! Then thats what she has! I would treat it a quickly as possible!

 

[GlicksChicks]

Wow! Then thats what she has! I would treat it a quickly as possible!

What should I do about it? I didn't treat my chickens with the normal fowl pox and it went away just fine. But these are on her feet, and I would be scared of them getting infected. Should I keep an eye on them? She is 100% normal right now. She doesn't mess with them, she doesn't limp. I touched them today and she didn't react.

 

[CCsGarden]

What should I do about it? I didn't treat my chickens with the normal fowl pox and it went away just fine. But these are on her feet, and I would be scared of them getting infected. Should I keep an eye on them? She is 100% normal right now. She doesn't mess with them, she doesn't limp. I touched them today and she didn't react.

Yes I would just keep an eye on her
Sounds like she is doing okay.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

You should separate her not only so it doesn't spread but so that she can heal without the stress of breeding.