Rooster's Feathered feet look bad!

[FlyingNunFarm]

They always give me a start until I realise they're just bleeding pin feathers.

I own Sultans and they break theirs quite a bit---pretty clumsy, eh?

I bump my toes on stuff. I can't imagine having something sticking out of my foot sideways. LOL

 

[khind]

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I labeled my thoughts on what's in the picture. A pin feather is a feather with blood supply. They are generally larger stiff feathers. They break sometimes and can bleed like crazy.

Thank you. This is helpful.

 

[khind]

Yes, I would treat for scaly leg mites. I wouldn't do the gasoline method, as it might burn like crazy on his red areas. Try the yellow sulpher powder mixed with Vaseline. I would soak his legs first in warm water and rub legs with a toothbrush to loosen and soften up the scales, then dip the feet and legs in oil, then rub the sulpher/Vaseline mixture on.

Dip them in oil as in castor oil? and then rubbing the Vaseline and sulfur after that? Also is yellow sulfur something that I can get at a store with a garden area? Or at a feed store? thank you.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Thank you. This is helpful.

That's what it looks like to me. Give his feet a scub up with a toothbrush and see how they look.
I'd treat for scaley leg mites too.

 

[andreanar]

Dip them in oil as in castor oil? and then rubbing the Vaseline and sulfur after that? Also is yellow sulfur something that I can get at a store with a garden area? Or at a feed store? thank you.

They have it at our local feed stores here. I would dip the feet and legs in olive oil or even vegetable oil, before coating with Sulphur/Vaseline. Because its going to be hard to get the mixture onto every spot due to the feathered feet.

 

[chickens really]

What my Pal does.....Soak feet in Epsom salt and lightly scrub them with a cloth.....Then all is needed is Vaseline to kill the mites ....Thick lather....Repeat as needed....

 

[khind]

That's what it looks like to me. Give his feet a scub up with a toothbrush and see how they look.
I'd treat for scaley leg mites too.

By scrubbing up should I try to scrub upward and underneath the scales?

 

[khind]

Buy scrubbing up should I try to scrub upward and underneath the scales?

Wait - I just reread Andreanar's comment about softening the scales and rubbing so I think I know what to do now.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

I use a toothbrush and go in all directions. I have a gallon ice cream tub to soak their legs.

 

[khind]

Yes, I would treat for scaly leg mites. I wouldn't do the gasoline method, as it might burn like crazy on his red areas. Try the yellow sulpher powder mixed with Vaseline. I would soak his legs first in warm water and rub legs with a toothbrush to loosen and soften up the scales, then dip the feet and legs in oil, then rub the sulpher/Vaseline mixture on.

And this is repeated daily for a few weeks?