Scaley leg mites and Adams Flea and Tick Plus

[scooter147]

I have had a scaley leg mite problem for a couple years now and I have tried everything. I have tried the sprays and dipped and dunked their feet into more sticky stuff then Carter's got pills and with the dipping and dunking I usually ended up with more feathers stuck on me then the chickens especially with vaseline.

I found nothing that really worked UNTIL someone on this forum told me to use Adams Flea and Tick Plus. It has been a little over a month since I gave them two applications one week apart of the stuff. I also sprayed their roosts with it. Well the improvement in their legs and feet is amazing!! They still don't look like normal legs and feet (don't know that they every will) but they look so much better and I don't see the chickens standing around itching their legs and feet with their beaks.
I don't know who recommended it but I thank you and more important my chickens thank you.

So if you have scaley leg mites in your flock this stuff did a great job for me and I plan on continuely using it.

 

[LynneP]

Great tip- thanks!

 

[mediazeal]

Are you using the spray? Dust?
can you give a link to which exact product you are using
is this it?
http://www.petco.com/product/102580/Adams-Plus-Flea-and-Tick-Mist-for-Dogs-and-Cats.aspx
sounds like a godsend

Also, do you use it straight out of the bottle on chickens like you do with dogs and cats? or do you need to dilute it with chickens?

thanks

 

[scooter147]

I am using the spray and apply directly to the chickens legs and feet. I also sprayed their roosts twice as well. I did not dilute it.

Mediazeal the link you have is the exact stuff I used. I actually got mine through Amazon.com and got it a couple dollars cheaper even with shipping costs then what I could buy it for at Petsmart.

It appears to be a godsend, I wish I had before pictures of a couple of my hens legs and feet and the now pictures. The hens I speak of where only a year old and they had the mites BAD and other hens I have showed no sign at all. (but I sprayed them all) Go figure.

 

[mediazeal]

Terrific, thanks for sharing. I hope my chickens never have mites, etc. but I'm really glad to know what to do if they do.