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- May 31, 2025
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I swear, my chickens are going to lose their leg privileges if they don't stop having problems with them.
Anyway. Is this a case of scaly leg mites? It looks so lower down on the leg, but the bulges higher up on the shank look odd so I want to confirm. So far I'm only seeing it on one leg of one bird.
I'm aware if it is mites, this means all my other birds need treatment with Vaseline or some other oil to smother any mites, plus I need to do a thorough coop clean and ideally apply permethrin powder on perches at least. Am I missing anything?
Follow-up question: I have a handful of cockerels I was going to (attempt to) sell. I'm guessing it wouldn't really be ethical to do so until the entire flock is symptom-free, even if the boys themselves currently look fine?
Edit to add: Will these mites feed on geese? My mother-in-law's Chinese geese are housed beside my chickens, should I treat them too?
Anyway. Is this a case of scaly leg mites? It looks so lower down on the leg, but the bulges higher up on the shank look odd so I want to confirm. So far I'm only seeing it on one leg of one bird.
I'm aware if it is mites, this means all my other birds need treatment with Vaseline or some other oil to smother any mites, plus I need to do a thorough coop clean and ideally apply permethrin powder on perches at least. Am I missing anything?
Follow-up question: I have a handful of cockerels I was going to (attempt to) sell. I'm guessing it wouldn't really be ethical to do so until the entire flock is symptom-free, even if the boys themselves currently look fine?
Edit to add: Will these mites feed on geese? My mother-in-law's Chinese geese are housed beside my chickens, should I treat them too?
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