Silkie thread!

[Sanna]

Wat r some of his main issues

I'm not an expert but I know his feet aren't good. Does he have 4 toes on his right foot?? He lacks on his cushion and I'm pretty sure his back is too long also. And I'm assuming those are all the feathers he has on his head on a good day?

Those are just some of the things I can see but I still have lots to learn myself. And, I'm not very familiar with the non-bearded.

 

[TheChickenHill]

What's wrong with my silkies feet??

 

[Sk8inChick(en)]

What's wrong with my silkies feet??

Hi! Forgive me for jumping in, but when I saw this, I though it looked like scaly leg mites. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in.

 

[TheChickenHill]

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Hi!  Forgive me for jumping in, but when I saw this, I though it looked like scaly leg mites.  Hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in.

What do I do for that??

 

[Mumsy]

What's wrong with my silkies feet??

That looks like severe scaly mite infestation. I suggest you get Nu Stock and coat all the legs and toes in it and keep treating until they start to grow new scales. This is really tough to get rid of when it gets to this state. If your birds sleeps in a huddle you need to check all your other silkies. It is most common in older birds. The mites burrow under the scales. It can progress to the point the bird can become crippled.

 

[TheChickenHill]

Ok will

That looks like severe scaly mite infestation. I suggest you get Nu Stock and coat all the legs and toes in it and keep treating until they start to grow new scales. This is really tough to get rid of when it gets to this state. If your birds sleeps in a huddle you need to check all your other silkies. It is most common in older birds. The mites burrow under the scales. It can progress to the point the bird can become crippled.

I will do. Thanks so much she is hopping now hope I can make it better for her!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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I use mineral oil (veg oil will work too), just dip whole legs in cup of it every day to smother the mites.

You must keep treating for 2 weeks everyday (towards the end I was treating every other day) with oil, in a mild case, at least. In a severe case the scales will molt and the legs might take a very long time to revert to smooth status. Chickens can lose their toes/feet (amputates) from scaly leg and thus it is vital to treat.

Vaseline will work too but I thought I had better results with the oil. I had a mild case where I needed to treat longer than 2 weeks. Then the scales flattened and now look great. Another case of it, I only had to treat the 2 weeks and the scales went flat in one week.

This will spread through a flock, too, so look at everyone's feet and if the scales are lifted treat them too. The scaly leg mite will also sometimes attack the face, so you can smear some oil on the comb and wattles too for insurance if desired.

If you care to involve a vet ivermectin pour on is effective too (available without prescription at the feed store, but legal to use on chickens in this application only with prescription from my understanding). There is information when googling ivermectin scaly leg mites available.

 

[TheChickenHill]

Thank y'all

I use mineral oil (veg oil will work too), just dip whole legs in cup of it every day to smother the mites.

You must keep treating for 2 weeks everyday with oil, in a mild case, at least. In a severe case the scales will molt and the legs might take a very long time to revert to smooth status. Chickens can lose their toes/feet (amputates) from scaly leg and thus it is vital to treat.

Vaseline will work too but I thought I had better results with the oil. I had a mild case where I needed to treat longer than 2 weeks. Then the scales flattened and now look great. Another case of it, I only had to treat the 2 weeks and the scales went flat in one week.

This will spread through a flock, too, so look at everyone's feet and if the scales are lifted treat them too. The scaly leg mite will also sometimes attack the face, so you can smear some oil on the comb and wattles too for insurance if desired.

If you care to involve a vet ivermectin pour on is effective too (available without prescription at the feed store, but legal to use on chickens in this application only with prescription from my understanding). There is information when googling ivermectin scaly leg mites available.

Thank y'all so much I hate that I didn't notice until now but I am heading to tractor supply now

 

[Keric]

Wow. So I hatched out my 6 eggs. 2 of them are... special. One flipping over and not correcting himself, and another with a clenched foot.

When I first came on this site and read about silkies I saw a lot about "toe placement." I thought "well that seems silly. As long as they have 5 toes... what else are you looking for???" My adult pet-quality silkies have perfect toe placement and that is why I didn't get it. I get it now that I hatched these guys out! Their extra toes are in so many different positions.


This one seems fine to me. The only thing I noticed with these guys is that they have their 5 toes, but the pinky toe on the outside of the foot seems to be disappearing in the breeding.


Same with this one. One of his extra toes doesn't have a toenail. His pinky toes on the out side are also very small.

This is the one with the foot. You can see how on the left side his last 2 toes are fused. Like a duck foot almost... On his other foot I don't know what is wrong but he keeps his toes clenched and limps on it. Should I cull? I don't want to get into showing or really breeding, but I would like to breed for fun and to sell some, and I wouldn't want this passing on! I am not encouraged enough to correct his foot.

A front view of his clenched toe.

I believe on of the other ones has her extra toes on top of each other, super close. Eric and I have decided that thee fifth toe is basically a defect, and when you're breeding for defects, it's hard to get the defect the way you want it, and not completely messed up.

Any thoughts and comments will be appreciated

 

[ChicksNherps]

Wow. So I hatched out my 6 eggs. 2 of them are... special. One flipping over and not correcting himself, and another with a clenched foot.

When I first came on this site and read about silkies I saw a lot about "toe placement." I thought "well that seems silly. As long as they have 5 toes... what else are you looking for???" My adult pet-quality silkies have perfect toe placement and that is why I didn't get it. I get it now that I hatched these guys out! Their extra toes are in so many different positions.


This one seems fine to me. The only thing I noticed with these guys is that they have their 5 toes, but the pinky toe on the outside of the foot seems to be disappearing in the breeding.


Same with this one. One of his extra toes doesn't have a toenail. His pinky toes on the out side are also very small.

This is the one with the foot. You can see how on the left side his last 2 toes are fused. Like a duck foot almost... On his other foot I don't know what is wrong but he keeps his toes clenched and limps on it. Should I cull? I don't want to get into showing or really breeding, but I would like to breed for fun and to sell some, and I wouldn't want this passing on! I am not encouraged enough to correct his foot.

A front view of his clenched toe.

I believe on of the other ones has her extra toes on top of each other, super close. Eric and I have decided that thee fifth toe is basically a defect, and when you're breeding for defects, it's hard to get the defect the way you want it, and not completely messed up.

Any thoughts and comments will be appreciated

I was given a silkie with a clenched foot before, it is a defect and I don't believe it is correctable. She is living fine with my friend and is healthy and happy but not something you will want to breed. Also, does the one that is flipping over have splay leg? That is correctable if it is. My current pullet has the toe issue where the outer toes are very small with only a tiny nail, this is supposed to be common, but you don't want the toe nail to dissapear.