Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

[TheSpiceGirls]

I'm currently doing the topical Ivermectin on the back of the hens necks. I've done two treatments. I'm suppose to do it once every 10 days for three treatments so I have one more to go.

Obviously, the scales are still raised. But the hens are not nibbling on their feet at all and they seem really comfortable.

It's going to be nice to know that I've done it and killed the bugs and can move on with dealing with other issues.

I do think I'll do one major coop clean out this week just to be sure I'm not harboring bugs in the bedding.

 

[Summer98]

I was just reading on the internet that ivermectin should not be used because the withdrawal time is unknown. So that is a problem for me. Plan C?

 

[Beekissed]

Nustock. http://nustock.com/

http://www.nustock.com/testimonials.html

 

[dawg53]

We had rescued a flock with horrible scaly leg mites, swollen bad- tried a lot but, what did work was letting them free range in a large area. Make sure they have freshly tilled dirt or a sandbox to clean themselves. The ivermectin might work too, it is a natural product and quite cheap, it is on 'rescue pet supply' shop on amazon.

Ivermectin is a chemical drug.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

It's true. They don't know the what the withdrawal period is. But that is true of many things that are used on chickens.

My girls are molting and we won't see eggs till March so I figure two months is good.

 

[dawg53]

Since ivermectin is off label as are many wormers used in poultry, generally 2 weeks from last use is a good enough withdrawal period. I've eaten eggs 2 weeks after using ivomec products, still here typing. However, if an individual has a sensitivity to the product there could be a reaction due to residue in the eggs. Ivermectin is sometimes used as a wormer in humans.

 

[grassfedchicken]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21321478

It is a natural substance 'chemically' isolated from a soil only found in Japan.

Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin--originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil--has had an immeasurably beneficial impact in improving the lives and welfare of billions of people throughout the world. Originally introduced as a veterinary drug, it kills a wide range of internal and external parasites in commercial livestock and companion animals. It was quickly discovered to be ideal in combating two of the world's most devastating and disfiguring diseases which have plagued the world's poor throughout the tropics for centuries. It is now being used free-of-charge as the sole tool in campaigns to eliminate both diseases globally. It has also been used to successfully overcome several other human diseases and new uses for it are continually being found. This paper looks in depth at the events surrounding ivermectin's passage from being a huge success in Animal Health into its widespread use in humans, a development which has led many to describe it as a "wonder" drug.

 

[dawg53]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21321478

It is a natural substance 'chemically' isolated from a soil only found in Japan.

Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin--originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil--has had an immeasurably beneficial impact in improving the lives and welfare of billions of people throughout the world. Originally introduced as a veterinary drug, it kills a wide range of internal and external parasites in commercial livestock and companion animals. It was quickly discovered to be ideal in combating two of the world's most devastating and disfiguring diseases which have plagued the world's poor throughout the tropics for centuries. It is now being used free-of-charge as the sole tool in campaigns to eliminate both diseases globally. It has also been used to successfully overcome several other human diseases and new uses for it are continually being found. This paper looks in depth at the events surrounding ivermectin's passage from being a huge success in Animal Health into its widespread use in humans, a development which has led many to describe it as a "wonder" drug.

Thank you for verifying it is a chemical drug.

 

[Summer98]

I think I will still try dipping their legs into an ice cream pail of oil come spring when the weather warms. It can't hurt them, and it will be quicker than what I'm doing now. I did reapply the castor oil the other night and his legs are no longer bleeding.

 

[froggiesheins]

After reading some of these latest posts, sheesh, all this fancy-schmancy oils and STUFF you all are using, peeps, plain old vaseline and a SOFT toothbrush is all you need.
All you need to do is SMOTHER the buggers and it kills them. Be diligent about RE-applying every other day and they will be gone..
NU-STOCK really is a one time application....I learned the hard way on that one.. applied more than once...OUCHIE, sorta burned his legs... my bad