Scaly legs?

[Oreoandhens]

Hello everyone. This morning when I went down to our chickens I noticed our pekin cockerels yellow legs didn’t look so yellow and seemed very dry and scaly. All the other hens seem fine and legs look normal. I’m wondering is this scaly leg mite? This is all new to me as we’ve been fine before. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

 

[Panacake Farms]

If it is hopefully you are noticing it in the early stages. Do you have photos to share? I am just learning, but have been dealing with a feather footed chicken with scaly leg mites. Its not fun and I feel even worse for my poor chicken to have to go through it.

 

[Oreoandhens]

If it is hopefully you are noticing it in the early stages. Do you have photos to share? I am just learning, but have been dealing with a feather footed chicken with scaly leg mites. Its not fun and I feel even worse for my poor chicken to have to go through it.

I’m just not entirely sure as we’ve also had temperatures drop and pick up again very often so I wonder if it could be the cold weather just because he seems completely fine as well as the hens. Oh I can imagine the pain.

 

[Oreoandhens]

I’m just not entirely sure as we’ve also had temperatures drop and pick up again very often so I wonder if it could be the cold weather just because he seems completely fine as well as the hens. Oh I can imagine the pain.

I will try to get some photos

 

[Oreoandhens]

If it is hopefully you are noticing it in the early stages. Do you have photos to share? I am just learning, but have been dealing with a feather footed chicken with scaly leg mites. Its not fun and I feel even worse for my poor chicken to have to go through it.

Here are some pictures I just took

 

[Panacake Farms]

Here are some pictures I just took

I am 100% not an expert, but that looks like leg mites to me. My feather footed chicken looked like that too and I finally realized my poor boy was suffering. You can do natural treatments that wont hurt him either way just to be on the safe side too if you are unsure. I know I wish I would have started natural treatments earlier.

 

[Oreoandhens]

I am 100% not an expert, but that looks like leg mites to me. My feather footed chicken looked like that too and I finally realized my poor boy was suffering. You can do natural treatments that wont hurt him either way just to be on the safe side too if you are unsure. I know I wish I would have started natural treatments earlier.

That’s the only thing I can think of too. We soaked them in some soapy, warm water then dried the feathers and applied some olive oil on them.

 

[Panacake Farms]

That’s the only thing I can think of too. We soaked them in some soapy, warm water then dried the feathers and applied some olive oil on them.

Thats what I have been doing with mine too. I also treat all my other chickens as well as cleaned and treated the coop. I hope he gets better, good luck!

 

[Oreoandhens]

Thats what I have been doing with mine too. I also treat all my other chickens as well as cleaned and treated the coop. I hope he gets better, good luck!

I’m onto cleaning the coop tomorrow and carrying on with treatment. How often do you apply it as I couldn’t find the answer anywhere? Thanking you

 

[Panacake Farms]

I did the oil treatment every other day and also applied Vaseline or A & D cream to their legs to help keep them moisturized and also to suffocate any more mites. I cleaned the coop with an organic poultry spray. But my most recent treatment, I used Elector PSP. It is really expensive but you can use it to treat mites and lice directly on your chickens and also the coop. There's no egg withdrawal and you only need to treat once every 10 days for 2-3 treatments. You have to dilute it so it lasts a really long time. My roo was limping he got so bad so I was desperate and spent the money. I have read a lot of great things about it so it was worth it for me.