Rooster Leg Injury plus leg mites.

[flyingroosterranch]

Older welsummer rooster with leg injury where leg joins body above hock.
He also has a bad case of scaley leg mites. I am treating him with vaseline everyday. Is there anything else we can do for him. He can't hop up on anything, but can put weight on it.
Not sure what caused his leg injury. Anyone know if the black part in the pictures will fall off.
Jake is one of our best roosters and I don't want to loose him. He is 7 years old and a handsome bird, all put his feet and now legs.

 

[WVduckchick]

You could try soaking his leg in a lukewarm Epsom salt bath. For leg mites, I added some Ivermectin parasitic to a plastic baggie with some Vaseline, squished it together, then applied to the legs. Did a couple treatments, 2-3 days apart and they cleared up.
Can't make out the issue with your guys leg from the pic. Is the dark spot a scab? can you maybe get a better pic?

Also, if he has leg mites, you should probably treat the whole coop.

 

[flyingroosterranch]

He's had the soaking in epsom salt, I haven't tried the Ivermectin, will have to pick some up at the feed store tomorrow after work. If it's a scab it's pretty good size in proportion to his leg, but could be I guess. I sent another pic of his entire feet. He isn't very cooperative for pictures kind of scared of my phone.

 

[flyingroosterranch]

I will see if he lets me get a better picture this evening.

 

[WVduckchick]

Yea I think a better pic might help, but i know how hard it is to get them to cooperate sometimes. There's no break? Almost looks like something got shoved up under a scale. I'm not sure if mites lift it that much or not. Maybe just the infection from them?

@casportpony @Wyorp Rock @aart any thoughts here?

 

[Stayc]

Aww, I'm sorry about your guy. Hope he's better soon

 

[Chickassan]

It honestly looks more like an injury than mites to me too. I'd try putting some antibiotic cream on there. Did you see anything around the spot, maybe a piece of stick or something jammed in there?

 

[aart]

Better pics would help......got anyone that could help by taking some pics while you stretch the left leg out?

Left leg(his left leg, on right side of pic) looks freshly injured?
Is there a cut?

Right leg/foot looks swollen, middle toe always that crooked?
Any cuts on right foot on bottom or between toes?
Possible frostbite?

Scaly mites doesn't look too bad, how long have you been treating it?
How long did he have them before treating?
Might just look better due to recent treatments.
Sometimes the scales will never retract to 'normal',
can take long weeks for them to be replaced.

When I have a gimpy bird, if limp is really bothering them by inhibiting their normal activities too much, I will isolate them in a crate to 'force' rest for a day or two. Letting them out late in day, an hour before roost time, to give them a stretch and evaluate their mobility, then decide if they need another day and put them back in crate off roost after dark. Repeat stretch and eval the next day until they are better. Keep crate in coop so bird can remain 'with' the flock.

This is the crate I use, set up here for a broody, put right on bedding for limper.
Fold-able wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller mesh(1x2) on bottom of crate

 

[casportpony]

When treating leg mites I start by filling my bathtub with enough warm water to cover their legs, then I place them in the tub with the lights out and let them stand in the water for a good 45 minutes.

After 45 minutes I take them to the sink and very carefully scrub their scales a fingernail brush or old toothbrush. I also carefully remove all "debris".

It would be really helpful to see pictures of his legs after you clean them. Can you get a friend to help take pictures?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I agree with everyone.

See the black circles in the photo - I know you have vaseline on the legs, that won't hurt, but the see gritty stuff under the scales? That's most likely mite poop (could be some dirt too, vaseline is like a magnet). After soaking, I would definitely give the legs a gentle scrub with a soft brush to loosen that debris and wash it away. Pat dry, then re-apply your vaseline. You can also use A+D ointment or since the leg does appear to have a wound/sore spot, you can use Vetericyn or triple antibiotic ointment. The purpose of ointments/oils is to smother the leg mites.

Red circle - is that part of the injury you are asking will fall off? Does it look/feel like dead tissue?

Green circle - not exactly sure what's going on there - looks like possibly new scales, but they are raised.

I agree with @aart this foot and toe looks swollen. What does the bottom of the feet look like - any scabs, cuts, etc.?