Scaly leg on Christmas Eve....I feel for them.

[TehLizardKing]

Oh ok...well I'm in Somerset at the moment, but hopefully they will be a bit better by the time I get back tomorrow, and if they aren't any better ill try cooking oil. Does it have to be any particular type? I'd guess it would be olive. I managed to acquire a husband for the house quail too.

 

[Sunflower]

Vaseline isn't working for me either, I'll try the cooking oil. I have two in my flock w/ the scale mites and I have been trying for months to total eradicate them.

 

[TehLizardKing]

Well, the birds seem to be much better today, a few of the scales have fallen off and been replaced by new ones. I do have some bad news though...turns out the male coturnix we bought (now christened Gerry) has an impacted crop

Something always goes wrong...

 

[froggiesheins]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/33903/scaly-leg-mites-need-best-easiest-quickest-solution-scaley

THIS THREAD HAS ALL you need to know about scaley leg mites.....good luck....P.S. vaseline or Nu-Stock are the best salves to use. I am a vaseline person myself.....

 

[TehLizardKing]

Thanks for the help guys. I tried both of the salves (always try the easier option first) and I'm pretty sure vaseline worked the best. As far as I can tell, pretty much all of the scales have fallen off now. One more thing though...how long should I go on treating after recovery? I don't want those blasted bugs back again...

 

[Suzie]

Personally I keep applying vaseline once a week for up to 6-8 weeks from the first treatment, just to assure myself that I have eradicated the little invisible leg monsters!

Great that your chickens have recovered so quickly!

I use vaseline on the legs and combs of my chickens when the weather here is very cold, like wearing porridge on the outside!

Suzie

 

[TehLizardKing]

hmmm...the combs you say? one of the birds has a big crusty yellow scab thing on the skin over his eye, but i thought that was from pecking? (my cream crested legbar cock really hates him, and they try and fight through the wire) could it be scaly...face?