Scaly leg mites on all chickens?!?!?!?!!?!!?!? (Pictures)

[F50myster]

how do i get rid of scaly leg mites on all my 40 chickens!?! how old do chickens have to be to get them? i thingk that all my 25 month old chicks that are in my brooder have them and my 14 juvenile bantams do too. its like barely starting i think their legs are turning black? how do i cure all of them fast? and is it leg mites?



this is a pic of my dark cornish hens feet

this is a pic of my 1 month old black astralorps feet

this is a pic of my standard size EE who has crooked toes

 

[RedRoosterFarm]

are you sure its mites? Do you have a picture?

 

[welasharon]

Mites usually make white or off white crusty stuff. Now the toes turn black when they start to die and fall off but that takes a while. I agree, pics would help.
sharon

 

[F50myster]

ill get pictures by night time hold on

 

[F50myster]

i got pics now

 

[RedRoosterFarm]

I dont think you have mites.
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[F50myster]

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then do you know why they are turning black?

 

[dawg53]

They dont have scaly leg mites. The Black Australorp's feet are naturally black in color for that breed.

 

[RedRoosterFarm]

Mites do not look like this. They raise the legs. These look normal to me.
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then do you know why they are turning black?

 

[tinychicky]

i think their feet sre just dirty. scaly leg mites raise the scales and appear to be a whitish mass under each scale.