Scaly leg mites on feathery footed rooster

[LindsayRae]

I have a cochin rooster that has scaly leg mites under all those feathers. I did the warm soapy scrub and the vaseline smother. I kept him in a crate in our basement to dry up and so I can reapply the vaseline since that is what I read to do. He is not very friendly and a pain to catch. So, I am wondering what the signs are when the mites are gone or dead-- maybe to keep him in the crate until then?

Not a single hen of mine has the mites. . Is that common?

Also, when I was applying the vaseline it seemed like his feet were bleeding a little- Maybe the mites dying?

He is crowing in my basement now---while the hens get to sleep in for once

 

[The-White-Elephant]

Pictures? They help a lot. I had a rooster with the same thing, the feathers didn’t grow much, and they would sometimes bleed (the feet).

@Overo Mare she helped me, maybe she can help you

 

[Painted Calls]

I would just keep up the treatment until legs start looking a bit better. The damage to his scales will not go away until they are replaced with new scales. All the yucky crust will go away when the mites do, though.

 

[LindsayRae]

Pictures? They help a lot. I had a rooster with the same thing, the feathers didn’t grow much, and they would sometimes bleed (the feet).

@Overo Mare she helped me, maybe she can help

I will try and get pictures during the next vaseline slather. I gave him another coat before I put him back outside. He was worried about his hens, I think! I looked at his feet and where the dry skin came off from the bath -- it looks like a scrape/raw skin.

 

[LindsayRae]

Thank you! He better learn to love me then!