Smooth silkie leg injury please help!

[Ponypoor]

There are little orange bugs on her. Could that be anything?

On her where? What part of the world are you at, can you ask other local poultry owners if they have those insects?

 

[Ponypoor]

Check this article out

https://the-chicken-chick.com/poult..., rich blood,favorite feeding ground of mites.

 

[Ascholten]

Those sound like mites. You might want to take care of that problem sooner rather than later.

Aaron

 

[azygous]

To be sure if you are dealing with mites or lice, you need only examine one bug under a magnifying lens. You can get them anywhere there is paper and pens for sale. Mites have eight legs and are the bigger problem. Lice have six legs and are much less of an issue. Both can be easily treated with permethrin poultry dusting powder.

 

[Eggcessive]

It could be lice, which are fast moving, and common under the vent and belly, but also can be under wings and around the neck. They leave white clumps of egg at the base of feathers. Mites are slow moving, and leave specks of droppings on skin. In winter cold, a permethrin garden dust is a better treatment, every 10 days for lice, or every 7 days for mites, at least twice. Permethrin 10 concentrate mixed with water can be used to treat the coop, nests, and roosts, once bedding is removed, before it is replaced with new fresh bedding.

 

[Tmartin7711]

It could be lice, which are fast moving, and common under the vent and belly, but also can be under wings and around the neck. They leave white clumps of egg at the base of feathers. Mites are slow moving, and leave specks of droppings on skin. In winter cold, a permethrin garden dust is a better treatment, every 10 days for lice, or every 7 days for mites, at least twice. Permethrin 10 concentrate mixed with water can be used to treat the coop, nests, and roosts, once bedding is removed, before it is replaced with new fresh bedding.

I have Diametrius earth. I mix it with my dirt. Could it be a reason she is going limp?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I have Diametrius earth. I mix it with my dirt. Could it be a reason she is going limp?

I doubt it. Diatomaceous earth (DE) could cause lung problems when breathed in, but wouldn't cause limping.

 

[Tmartin7711]

We took her to the vet today. They believed she had Marek's. We had her put down.

 

[Ponypoor]

We took her to the vet today. They believed she had Marek's. We had her put down.

Very sorry to hear that, how sad for you. I hope your other hens will be ok.

 

[Ascholten]

Im sorry to hear that. Hopefully your other hens will be ok.

Aaron