What’s wrong with my rooster

[epmilligan]

This guy was my neighbors and when his hens died he joined our flock. Last week I noticed half his toe missing and bleeding, yesterday another toe bleeding and his legs and feet look awful! What could this be? Treatments?

 

[Eggcessive]

He has scaly leg mites, and may have lost a toe due to frostbite in the past or injury. I would soak his feet and legs in warm water with Dawn or Epsom salts. Use a toothbrush to clean the legs and scales. Then dry his legs. You can apply either Nustock cream with sulfur or vaseline to smother the legs mites. Repeat the cream/ointment twice a week until he grows new healthy scales. You can make Nustock by adding sulfur powder to vaseline.