Silkie with fungus?

[Sarah Doss]

What is this? I soaked her feet today and it became squishy. Tried to carefully remove some and it hurt her. It’s firmly attached. I put triple antibiotic ointment on a sore spot and wrapped it. I sprayed all of her feet with blue coat fungus spray. Should I take her to the vet?

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like scaly leg mites, but it seems more yellow. What is the bedding and soil like where she spends her time? What are you using to soak the feet? Epsom salts is good. Will any of the material brush off with a toothbrush after soaking? I would use an oil, such as mineral, castor, vaseline or Vicks to coat the legs and rub into to smother any leg mites. Nustock cream has sulfur and it will kill the mites as well. Do that every other day, then twice a week for a few weeks until the new scales grow in. I am tagging @Wyorp Rock to have a look at the pictures here, to make sure that she thinks this is scaly leg mites.

 

[FowlProtector]

The first step in treating scaly leg mites in hens is to bathe the afflicted legs in warm, soapy water for ten to fifteen minutes. This will soften the scales and release debris. After gently patting the legs dry, smother the mites with a thick coating of castor oil, petroleum jelly, or coconut oil. Continue doing this every day for at least a week, or until you start to notice results.

Ivermectin can be applied topically or taken orally for more severe instances, although weight-based dosing should be closely monitored. In the event that mites have spread throughout the coop, permethrin dust or spray may also be helpful.

Treat every bird in the flock and clean the coop carefully because mites are easy to spread. Swap out bedding, clean roosts, and apply diatomaceous earth or mite sprays safe for poultry on surfaces. Reinfestation can be avoided by routinely inspecting legs and maintaining a sanitary atmosphere.

 

[Sarah Doss]

I use pine shavings in their coop. They are in a large pen bc of predators. When it’s in the 20’s and the weather is wintry I move my Silkies to an indoor large run. It’s has pine shavings too. They have trampled it down to where there is some powder. The others are good. I need to cheap shavings and put it in their pen. I’ll get nustock cream tmrw. I guess it’s time to treat for mites again. I usually just spray their coops. Thank you for your help.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It looks like scaly leg mites, but it seems more yellow. What is the bedding and soil like where she spends her time? What are you using to soak the feet? Epsom salts is good. Will any of the material brush off with a toothbrush after soaking? I would use an oil, such as mineral, castor, vaseline or Vicks to coat the legs and rub into to smother any leg mites. Nustock cream has sulfur and it will kill the mites as well. Do that every other day, then twice a week for a few weeks until the new scales grow in. I am tagging @Wyorp Rock to have a look at the pictures here, to make sure that she thinks this is scaly leg mites.

I agree, it looks like SLM.
Looks like she will lose some toes or toe nails.

I'd keep her on dry bedding. Ivermectin may be a good idea to use to get the SLM under control. Continue to work on soaking the feet and getting the debris off the feet/legs, this will probably take a while to do.


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