"scales" on foot lifting up

[Darrie]

Posting for a friend. She has a chicken that has the "scales on the feet lifting up. Does anyone know what this is and how to treat it?

 

[Maximus23471214]

The rooster most likely has leg mites. How to treat It? I don't no. Sorry.....

 

[Darrie]

thanks

 

[Eggcessive]

Scaly leg mites are treated by gently scrubbing the legs and feet once a week, drying them, and coating them with oil of your choice (vaseline, castor oil, vegetable oi, ect.) The oil should be rubbed into the scales so that it gets up under them. After a few weeks the scales should start being replaced by newer scales. Some also recommend using Nustock instead of oil--it is a sulfur based cream with pine oil. Here is a thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/33903/scaly-leg-mites-need-best-easiest-quickest-solution-scaley

 

[Brookliner]

It would be great it you could post a picture. It sounds like "leg mites". See picture. Is this what it looks like. I have had success treating with "cattle pour on Ivermectin" For a large fowl use 6 drops (using a dropper) on the back of the neck directly on the skin (try not to get on the feathers as they will absorb the liquid- the medication needs to get on the skin to be absorbed). If the birds are egg layers or meat birds, there is a hold time before you eat the meat or eggs. I would wait 21 days.

I don't know how to quote from another post but I have pasted the information here.
Picture from a post by threehorses.
Also from a post by threehorses:~~First, soak the bird's legs in a solution of warm water with some epsom salts in it to soften the scales. Mites are actually burrowed into the skin of the leg and are causing irritation and build up of stuff which is raising the scales and irritating the skin. The soaking softens up the stuff. You then use a toothbrush to scrub at the legs to remove whatever build up you can. Pat the legs dry. Then you can either use ivomec 1% injectable topically on the legs, or you can use pour-on ivermectin 5% cattle wormer on the bird - IF - your birds have been wormed within 6 months with a broad spectrum wormer. Personally, I'd recommend the scrub, worm your flock with wazine 17 (piperazine 17) in the water, and use olive oil on the legs or VetRx daily for 2 weeks then worm them with the pour-on ivermectin (generic, 250ml bottles are the most affordable option). Worming all the flock with ivermectin will kill external parasites as it's likely other birds in the flock have mites but not signs of it yet on the legs. But you have more than one option there. smile.

 

[Darrie]

thank you for your help