Loss of balance after Wazine treatment, and scaly leg mites

[dawg53]

The scaly leg mite issue is causing her pain. Scaly leg mites eat tissue. I'm sure if I had bugs eating tissue in my foot, I'd be in major pain and limping as well.
I use wazine occasionally in the summer when it's hot because the chickens readily drink the treated water often due to the heat. I've used it for my years without any problems in any of my birds. No matter how much treated water they drink, dosage is still the same. As a matter of fact, they have to drink enough of it to be effective. That's how safe it is.

 

[GoldenPeep]

I can't believe I didn't notice this until now, but maybe it just developed today? Does it look like the leg on the right in this picture is significantly larger than the left?

 

[dawg53]

Yes, the right leg and foot looks larger. Are there any other birds showing leg/foot swelling?

 

[GoldenPeep]

Not that I've noticed. I'll have to go out and take a closer look in a bit but it's freezing cold here today.
Part of the reason I'm wondering about a sprain of some sort is that I was experimenting this year with using sand instead of litter in the coop. I now view this as a failed experiment because the sand has a tendency to get damp and in the cold weather it freezes rock hard. so I just recently scraped all the sand out and put in pine litter like I had been using before. But she had been jumping off the roost up until then. Roost is only about a foot-and-a-half high but she is a big heavy girl.

 

[GoldenPeep]

Here are the other three girls. None of them look swollen. The third one was born with twisted up toes and has no problem getting around.

 

[dawg53]

By your description it's sounding more like a sprained or pulled ligment or tendon like you mentioned before. I've lowered roosts down to 7" above the floor and I havnt had a single leg problem in quite a few years. I had several heavy breeds at the time and it seemed like I was dealing with sprains and bumblefoot often, until I lowered roosts.

 

[GoldenPeep]

Sounds like a good idea. If it is a sprained or pulled ligament or tendon, what is the treatment and how long should it take to resolve? I'll search the forums for more info now...

 

[dawg53]

Here you go, see post #7 in this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/limping-chicken-worse-please-help.695524/