Nasty looking feet and legs

[bigbird]

My hen is not wanting to walk and her feet are a mess. Please help with info as to what to do. Also, I have a picture but do not know how to get it on here. If anyone would know how to tell me to do that, it would be helpful.

 

[rayjfrick]

I had several chickens with scaly leg and this is the treatment i followed... the chickens are recovering nicely. You must also spray their living quarters where the mites can hide in very small places. Be very careful of what you use for this. The Ovitrol wil probably work, but most of the flea and tick prays are very toxic to honey bees, and they will be out this weekend, so don't let any get near any standing water where the bees might be pt to drink.

Ivermectin - I like the 1% injectable form because I can draw up exactly 0.1 ml and give it in the breast muscle or by mouth. I also like it because I know that the ivermectin is then getting into the bloodstream. From other studies we know that ivermectin is absorbed into the bloodstream from the digestive tract. With the 5% oil based solution, it was made to be absorbed through the skin of cattle that has a fatty layer, oil glands, haired skin, sweat glands, etc. and this is totally different than poultry. I am not saying if it works or not. I've never tried it, for those reasons.

LEG MITES
Those of you trying to make a product for leg mites, if you enjoy making home remedies and want the "organic" treatment go for it, but really, commercially available products are readily available and work very, very well. I bought some chickens at a local swap meet for one of my genetics projects and they had scaly leg mites. I sprayed the legs once with Ovitrol flea and tick spray by VetKem, gave them 0.1 ml ivermectin by mouth, tested them for Avian influenza, and Pollorum/Typhoid, vaccinated them for Laryngotracheitis, banded them (had to use big bands cause the leg mites were so bad) and placed them in my quarantine barn where they would reside for 6 weeks. About 4 weeks into the quarantine I noticed some of the birds bands were laying at the bottom of the cage.
When I went to put them back on I noticed that the scaly legs were completely healed and the reason that the bands were laying at the bottom to the cage is because the legs had returned to their normal size and the bands just slipped right off. All that from one application and one treatment of ivermectin.
Well, I hope I have answered your questions and I hope that I have not bored the rest of you with this long winded message.


Thanks for the inquiry

Hope this works.. I looked at a lot of sites and consulted with a vet friend of mine that is also a chicken person before i made the decision to use this treatment

 

[bigbird]

She does have mites. We looked under the microscope. Thanks for the advice above. We soaked his feet and alot of the crusty junk just came off with a little brushing with a toothbrush. We isolated her and gave her 0.1 ml of ivermectin and 30 mg of baytril. I put her in a seperate pen with clean everything and covered her legs with vasoline. I hope that I have covered all of the basics.
When, if ever do I need to give her more antibiotics and ivermectin? Also, she does not want to get up. I am sure she is exhausted from the ordeal of today. About how long will it take her to want to get up or even start eating? She is just laying down and doesn't have an interest in anything except sleeping in the sun. Thanks