New bantams have crusty white feet?

[Wyorp Rock]

In the fith pic is that bumble foot? I have never experienced it but I have seen pixs.

Looks like a missing toenail to me
Once the OP begins treatment and scales/crud begins to come off, hopefully more can be seen.

 

[Kris5902]

I’m thinking the back toe... deformed or missing a joint/nail maybe due to the severity of the scaly leg mite infestation.? Count the toes and look at the shape/location of the bump and spurs? I also think the pics might be of 2 different chickens? @Aryetheral Waalburgus ?

 

[FarmerGirl101]

I have also heard that vinegar would kill the mites instead of gaseoline. Do you think this would also sting or at least sting less? The only reason I'm inclined to do something like gas or vinegar is that I want to introduce the new bantams to the old flock as soon as possible.

I think that they will both sting. I personally would not do the gasoline method as I don't think that it is too safe. If you do the treatments X2 daily with a long soak covering the entire leg and using any oil that @Eggcessive recommended. Even though gasoline is a quick treatment (pretty much like dip and go ish), and very reliable, I just don't think that it is worth it. I mean the fumes and everything else to think of is just not worth it. In the end, I would go with the sulfur and vaseline for the quickness and that is a natural element.

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Do you think that bandaging the feet after slathering with vaseline would speed up the recovery? I feel like if I don't, the chickens will rub the vaseline off.

I think that would be smart to.

They will probably rip the bandages off but it would help if they stay on. ...

Vet wrap would work

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Quarantine! Change chlothes and wash before handling your existing hens!

If you can keep them on clean coarse bedding with very little dirt/dust it is helpful for keeping the vaseline on and makes the cleaning easier.

Slather liberally with Vaseline, gently packing it in under the scales as much as possible... soak the feet and legs in warm soapy water before each treatment for as long as the chicken/you can stand it. Gently use a super soft tooth brush to loosen the mite crud. Repeat every few days... then again in a week or so to kill any hatched eggs!

I’m dealing with a bad infestation myself as well right now... I’ve never tried the gasoline remedy though... I imagine it would sting and smell horrible, and can’t really bring myself to do it.

I would either. I mean, for me, the gasoline treatment is just so inhumane (fumes, unnatural, etc.)

 

[FarmerGirl101]

To me the bump looks like the back toe and the toenail, photo angle issues, not like bumble foot... but it’s best to carefully monitor it just incase, take more pictures? Mine likes to curl her foot up right when I go to take a pic! Fun times...

That chicken either has bumblefoot now or had it recently as I think there is bumblefoot;

 

[Kris5902]

That chicken either has bumblefoot now or had it recently as I think there is bumblefoot;

Maybe... very hard to tell at this point...
From what I have seen/read bumblefoot is a nasty pimple like infection, usually caused by an injury to the bottom of the foot and dealt with by lancing and draining the abcess. I would start by treating the mites and go from there. It looks like toe damage to me though.

The chicken I am working with now is missing a toe, all due to the scaly leg mites... if left unchecked they can certainly cause massive damage to the feet. With consistent attention and treatment it will quickly improve to the point that if there is bumblefoot it will be readily apparent. I was worried about it in the chicken I’m treating as well... I’m still not certain and not ready to lance anything just to check!

 

[Chickassan]

It is a bumble, they don't always present as a dark centered pimple type lesion. They can present as a little teat looking eruption as well it just depends on the stage and location of the infection.

Maybe... very hard to tell at this point...
From what I have seen/read bumblefoot is a nasty pimple like infection, usually caused by an injury to the bottom of the foot and dealt with by lancing and draining the abcess. I would start by treating the mites and go from there. It looks like toe damage to me though.

The chicken I am working with now is missing a toe, all due to the scaly leg mites... if left unchecked they can certainly cause massive damage to the feet. With consistent attention and treatment it will quickly improve to the point that if there is bumblefoot it will be readily apparent. I was worried about it in the chicken I’m treating as well... I’m still not certain and not ready to lance anything just to check!

 

[Cragg Klefor]

I agree it looks like bumblefoot, or at least a cut but it does not look infected so just concentrate on Scalys for now.
As far as I am aware Scaly Leg Mites, although potentially contagious, are not rapidly so. What I mean is that it takes some time for them to spread, if they do, as the mites live under the scales of the infected chicken(s) so as you are going to be treating them that would not stop me from adding them to my flock - after quarantine, regardless of which method you use to treat them. Once you bring them home the move alone could well bring up previously unknown/unshown/underlying illnesses in the new birds.
Best of luck!

 

[Cragg Klefor]

Do you think that bandaging the feet after slathering with vaseline would speed up the recovery? I feel like if I don't, the chickens will rub the vaseline off.

Chickens do not like the taste of Vaseline so will leave them alone. The vaseline actually stays on really well. The chickens might taste it - once - but won't go near it after that, in my experience with it.