How to Treat Scaly Leg Mites

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Pictures?

I’ll get some tomorrow. It’s really windy and cold outside.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I'm sure they are....just really want to know how often this happens and what can be observed of the process. We know so much about feather replacement, am just kinda baffled there is not more info around about leg scales.<scratches head>

I just sent an email to a poultry scientist I’m in touch with. I hope he can shed some light on this topic.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The poultry scientist said that scaly legs mites are common when the weather is cold. He also said that the scales regenerate by themselves and that it will take some time for them to regrow.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

That's OK...I'm always asking too many questions
They didn't think the vaseline would work?

He said the Vaseline would do the trick.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

I applied Nustock to a rooster with some particularly bad legs one week ago. He'll get another coat tonight. I couldn't believe the difference a day made, although I attributed it to the moisture of the Nustock rather than an instant cure type of job.

I wish I'd have taken before pictures. But, I can get a good idea on how long it takes for new scales to grow in. I'll try to remember to repost when that starts/happens.

On the subject of mites: I used spinosad on my chickens, thank to very sage advice I received from Azygous. I'll never use anything else if I have another outbreak (unless it didn't work, of course). Nustock and spinosad are fairly spendy products, but ease of use and speed (spinosad - one and done) of treating 100+ chickens was well worth it for me. No egg withdrawal helped.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Well I lathered her feet and legs up real good with the Vaseline and she is not happy.

 

[casportpony]

Ivermectin is overused and is losing it’s effectiveness not just for worms but everything.

I use it all the time for lice and it works 100% of the time for them. I've also use it for leg mites and it's worked 100% of the time for them too. For it to work properly, the correct dose needs to be given

I agree about the worms, there are lots of poultry worms it doesn't treat.

I’ve seen others birds with scaly leg mites which had already been given iverme

Were they given the correct dose?

Do you know if that bird was incubator hatched? A lot of crooked toes come from incubators.

Look closely at the toe with the long nail. What I'm seeing is a swollen joint, like maybe that joint got infected.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Meanwhile back at the ranch.

And the cavalry has arrived.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Your redneck solutions aren’t welcome here. I’ve already tried.

Well that's just isn't American at all it's an ol timer trick.

 

[roosterhavoc]

You need to put enough Vaseline on her legs that you can slide your hand up the leg without catching on the scales. Way, way more than youve used. You should be able to clearly see it caked on her legs and feet. The idea is to suffocate the mites.