Some of my chickens have scaly leg.

[KZN Chicken farmer]

Hi, some of my roosters have scaly leg what remedies are there to treat it?

 

[Left Spur]

What, Isn't it normal for a chicken to have "scally" legs?
Just kidding, just wash it away, use a brush and some soap to remove it, i used to bathe my chicken when it sunny, i wont dare to bath them when it's cold. My chicken is pretty hardy since he had a little bit of asheel and jungle fowl gene, depend on your chicken maybe you just need to clean his legs, just make the scale soft with a bit of water. make sure to clean the coop too, since poop can stick and make it scally again.
I usually polish their legs with a bit of oil too, they'll looks as shiny as your shoes.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

If you mean scaly leg mites, there's an easy way to treat it, it just takes a little bit. Get a bowl and fill it with warm soapy water (Dawn dish soap works great. As a few stops of essential oils (peppermint, lavender, tea tree, eucalyptus or any combo of the above). Soak the legs for a few minutes then use an old toothbrush to gently scrub the legs. Afterwards, dry then and cost them in Vaseline. Do this once a day and they'll heal up nice.

 

[KZN Chicken farmer]

If you mean scaly leg mites, there's an easy way to treat it, it just takes a little bit. Get a bowl and fill it with warm soapy water (Dawn dish soap works great. As a few stops of essential oils (peppermint, lavender, tea tree, eucalyptus or any combo of the above). Soak the legs for a few minutes then use an old toothbrush to gently scrub the legs. Afterwards, dry then and cost them in Vaseline. Do this once a day and they'll heal up nice.

Great thanks. In the title I should’ve put scaly leg mites.

 

[dawg53]

Put Nu-Stock on the legs and roosts. Shake the tube well and wear disposable gloves when applying it.

 

[KZN Chicken farmer]

Put Nu-Stock on the legs and roosts. Shake the tube well and wear disposable gloves when applying it.
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. I’ll see if I can get it where I live.

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

It should be getting Warm there.

 

[Eggcessive]

Since you are in S. Africa, you may want to make homemade Nustock. Take some sulfur powder which may be sold in a garden or farm store, and mix it with petroleum jelly. Nustock also contains pine oil, but you could leave that out.

 

[KZN Chicken farmer]

It should be getting Warm there.

Yes it’s been very hot for a while now.

 

[KZN Chicken farmer]

Since you are in S. Africa, you may want to make homemade Nustock. Take some sulfur powder which may be sold in a garden or farm store, and mix it with petroleum jelly. Nustock also contains pine oil, but you could leave that out.

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Great thanks!