Scaly leg mites & DE

[donna58]

My rooster has a bad case of scaly leg mites. How shall I treat? Can I treat with diatomaceous earth food grade from Home Depot? Need Help please

 

[Tookie]

My rooster has a bad case of scaly leg mites. How shall I treat? Can I treat with diatomaceous earth food grade from Home Depot? Need Help please

DE will not work. Can you post some pictures of your rooster legs to confirm it's SLM? Here's a good article on how to treat SLM->
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/treating-scaly-leg-mites-slm-what-you-need-to-know.77376/

 

[Shadrach]

My rooster has a bad case of scaly leg mites. How shall I treat? Can I treat with diatomaceous earth food grade from Home Depot? Need Help please

No. DE won't sort the problem out.
You have two best choices. You can dose him with Ivermectin, or you can cover his legs in petroleum Jelly (Vaseline)
There is a thread here with some interesting information.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-feet-like-this.1535262/page-2#post-25894742

 

[nuthatched]

De isn't affective for mites and can cause respiratory issues, you're going to need permrethrine based poultry dust or invermectin and dust everything and rub his legs down with oil.

 

[McChooky]

X2

 

[donna58]

Thank you I don’t have pics, but he has lifted scales. I choose to do soaking & petroleum jelly. The article very helpful step by step. I am about to begin right now, so I’ll let you know how it goes. He’s a big boy! Appreciate help.

 

[McChooky]

Thank you I don’t have pics, but he has lifted scales. I choose to do soaking & petroleum jelly. The article very helpful step by step. I am about to begin right now, so I’ll let you know how it goes. He’s a big boy! Appreciate help.

 

[McChooky]

Scaly mites (feather mites) are a sarcoptic mite .One causes them to pull their feathers out ,the 2nd one affects their face and comb and the other their feet & legs. https://www.poultrypages.com/scaly-leg-mites-in-chickens/

 

[McChooky]

Keep petroleum jelly or oil on their legs and feet and treat the coop as if they have red mites.These mites ibed in the skin and are hard to kill. (They can go dormant and you think they are gone) Administer an oral or topical dose of ivermectin and repeat in 2 weeks (0.2 mg/kg)

 

[donna58]

Thanks can I get ivermectin at a feed store? Is that the standard dose. Rooster is losing weight.