Mud irritating rooster foot?

[stormrobin]

can mud irritate the feathers of chickens feet? Cochin rooster has some pink/red irritated skin on his feet but unfortunately he was in some pretty muddy conditions until today. The one bloody feather I accidentally damaged when I caught him today.

 

[lazy gardener]

Feather footed chickens are more prone to scaly leg mites. I'd get his feet cleaned up, give them a couple of days to dry, and then give him a treatment for scaly leg mites. Even if he does not have mites, the treatment will make him feel good.

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you get another picture showing his entire legs? It looks like he has a sace of scaly leg mites. Mud is hard on their feet, and they need to have dry bedding or sand under their feet if not out in the grass.

Leg mites are best treated with a warm bath in soapy water, and use an old toothbrush to gently clean the legs and loosen the scales. Dry well. Then apply an oil once a week to his legs and feet rubbing it in well up under the scales. Repeat once a week with the oil. I like to use Criso shortening in a can, but other good ones are vaseline, castor oil which lasts a long time, or other vegetable oil.

 

[stormrobin]

Can you get another picture showing his entire legs? It looks like he has a sace of scaly leg mites. Mud is hard on their feet, and they need to have dry bedding or sand under their feet if not out in the grass.

Leg mites are best treated with a warm bath in soapy water, and use an old toothbrush to gently clean the legs and loosen the scales. Dry well. Then apply an oil once a week to his legs and feet rubbing it in well up under the scales. Repeat once a week with the oil. I like to use Criso shortening in a can, but other good ones are vaseline, castor oil which lasts a long time, or other vegetable oil.

I can ask, I actually regained the little guy and she got ahold of me wondering if I knew what was wrong. So I’ll see if I can get another pic and let her know.

 

[stormrobin]

Thank you.

 

[stormrobin]

Here are some more pics

 

[stormrobin]

Can you see scaly leg mites crawling around like the rest?

 

[snow5164]

Just looks dirty to me... a good soaking and oil would be a good idea anyways because his skin looks really dry...

 

[stormrobin]

Just looks dirty to me... a good soaking and oil would be a good idea anyways because his skin looks really dry...

Ok thank you.

 

[Eggcessive]

No, scaly leg mites cannot be seen with the eye. The pictures are so close, it is hard to see. Here are some links and pictures of the ashy grey deposits and raised scales which are seen in leg mites:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/scaly-leg-mites-in-chickens/