Scaly leg mites?

[ErinG]

I'm wondering if my bantam brahma has leg mites? She is 4.5 years old.

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[StephensonC]

I'm wondering if my bantam brahma has leg mites? She is 4.5 years old. Sorry if one of those photos posted twice, hard to do this from a phone.

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Yes, that looks like scaly leg mites. The way I treated, was to soak the feet and legs in a warm epsom salt bath and used a toothbrush to gently brush the feet and legs while standing in the water. This will loosen the "gunk". Then I dip the legs in olive oil allowing enough time to soak in really good. Repeat daily for atleast a week if not longer. Others use different methods such as vaseline or Ivermectin. You will also need to treat the coop and roosting bars, remove all liter and replace.

 

[ErinG]

Yes, that looks like scaly leg mites. The way I treated, was to soak the feet and legs in a warm epsom salt bath and used a toothbrush to gently brush the feet and legs while standing in the water. This will loosen the "gunk". Then I dip the legs in olive oil allowing enough time to soak in really good. Repeat daily for atleast a week if not longer. Others use different methods such as vaseline or Ivermectin. You will also need to treat the coop and roosting bars, remove all liter and replace.

I was afraid of that, thank you so much for the reply.