Leg issues.....NEED HELP!

[BantyChickMom]

I have a mixed bantam hen, I've had now about 8 months now.
When I got her, she appeared to have leg mites and her nails were very long. Her legs were so bad they appeared to have "barnacle" growing from them.

I cut her nails and dipped in oil and it cleared up.
It came back and I treated her again and cut some more off her nails.

She went broody, sat for right at 3 weeks on empty nest, and finally got off last Thursday or Friday.
I saw she was off the nest and noticed her limping so I brought her in the house.......that's when I noticed her legs back to that crusted barnacle look again, though the barnacles didn't look as bad this time.

I am rubbing oil on her feet/legs everyday and massaging and some of the crust and growths are coming off.
I cut her nails a little bit more too so that they are now back to a normal length.
When this crusted stuff comes off, it seems she doesn't have any scales on her feet. On the middle toe on her right foot there seems to be a raw spot left where the stuff come off.
My question is, Can leg mites get so bad that the scales won't come back and how can I keep this from happening again and again?
Am I gonna have to keep oil on her feet every so often as a preventative measure since there seems to be no scales to protect the feet?

Here's a few pics,

 

[BantyChickMom]

Anybody?

 

[CarriBrown]

Could it be bumblefoot?

 

[s6bee]

I have no experience at all, but if you feel it's mites have you cleared out everything and given it a good DE bath? I would get DE if you don't ( food grade ), and start applying it to the litter, her and some in the food. I don't use it yet, but advice on amounts would be needed. Otherwise, I really don't know what her issues would be.
Sorry

Stephanie

 

[dlhunicorn]

I would keep her legs oiled regular (I do my birds with baby oil) ... also ivomec Eprinex will help with some external mite issues.

 

[NYREDS]

That's the result of a very severe Scaly Leg Mite infestation and you are treating it properly. With time her legs will recover but will never look "like new".
It would be a good idea to use a pesticide dust in your nests. Seven is good, a Pyrethrin dust is ok. Some Ivermectin would work well for external parasites in general. It's expensive stuff though.
A lot of people on these boards are pushing the use of DE as a cure for anything including cancer and dandruff but the objective science doesn't support it's magical powers. I noticed here it's being recommended by someone who hasn't even used it?

 

[fallenweeble]

poor gal!
hope she gets better soon.