What is on my babies legs pic attached

[soccergirl83]

Thanks internet stranger!

 

[lrayle]

what is linseed and where do you get it

 

[soccergirl83]

Linseed oil is a type of varnish derived from the flax plant. You may find it at hardware stores in the varnish section.

 

[enola]

If I was a chicken I would not want varnish on my legs when something as soothing as mineral oil would do a less toxic job......

 

[soccergirl83]

I know, and I understand. But it works, like crazy good. I was skeptical myself, we tried mineral oil, Vaseline with sulfur but the mites just didn't respond in my severely infested roo. I think our waiting to do this resulted in him loosing his toe. I really hope no-ones hens have to deal with this type of infestation but if they do, this cure is a great one and works pretty much immediately while the others can take months.

Some people also use tea tree oil which is another type of varnish. The kerosene/linseed is the only mix I've tried.

 

[lrayle]

I am soaking them and putting vaseline and neoporne on them and I think it is working cause tonight this brown crap came off and I guess its the mites I also dusted them with some seven Just to let everyone know I clean their coup everyother week and now I clean it every week and I clean pine shavings and that dirt in the nest evryday and today I sprayed liquid 7 on all the walls I surely hope it works Thanks for all the infro it really does help to know they is someone to turn to

 

[enola]

Every body gets bugs in their chicken coops so don't think we think you have a filthy chicken house. As you see bugs like clean chicken houses too.

I am fighting leg mites here too.

 

[Pyxis]

Luckily scaly leg mites aren't the kind that hop off the birds and infest the coop, so you'll be okay there. The trick is just to kill them on their legs. Don't feel bad, it's not anything that you would have done that led them to have mites. They most likely contracted them from wild birds.

 

[ChickenCurt]

Luckily scaly leg mites aren't the kind that hop off the birds and infest the coop, so you'll be okay there. The trick is just to kill them on their legs. Don't feel bad, it's not anything that you would have done that led them to have mites. They most likely contracted them from wild birds.

Shame on those domestics frolicking with the wild natives.

 

[enola]

shame shame