sawilliams
Songster
Yes some dirt still accumulate with the oil you will needed to check and treat his feet every for a while usually 1-2 weeks or longer in severe cases. And yes with scaly leg mites and really any type of parasite if one has it they all have it. So you will needed to try to treat the others too.
Scaly leg mites is one of the most difficult to treat. They are microscopic parasites that live and breed under the scales causing the scales to protrude upward. You have to get as much dirt send debris it of the scales as possibly before treating. And becuase the mits are so small is easiest to smooth and suffocate them as most other treatments have limited or no effect.
I had a pretty severe case about this time last year and had been struggling with but controlling legmites for the year prior. It's a pita. Soaking is the best approach epsom salt for discomfort or blue dawn to ckean ants treat. Scrub the legs with a nail brush. Then dry and slather with oil. If they legs are mostly clean you can just apply oil over the next few days but if thier legs or dirty it in a really difficult case soaking again would be best.
Silky and other feather legged chickens are more prone to leg mites before the feathers grow from between the scales meaning then is already an opening there for the mites to live in.
Scaly leg mites is one of the most difficult to treat. They are microscopic parasites that live and breed under the scales causing the scales to protrude upward. You have to get as much dirt send debris it of the scales as possibly before treating. And becuase the mits are so small is easiest to smooth and suffocate them as most other treatments have limited or no effect.
I had a pretty severe case about this time last year and had been struggling with but controlling legmites for the year prior. It's a pita. Soaking is the best approach epsom salt for discomfort or blue dawn to ckean ants treat. Scrub the legs with a nail brush. Then dry and slather with oil. If they legs are mostly clean you can just apply oil over the next few days but if thier legs or dirty it in a really difficult case soaking again would be best.
Silky and other feather legged chickens are more prone to leg mites before the feathers grow from between the scales meaning then is already an opening there for the mites to live in.