Well I am hoping to get some feedback on a silkie male I bought 6 weeks ago. I also bought 3 females with him. The females that was sent with him had none of these problems. I was told they had always lived together..Pretty sure that's not the case, the girls also showed signs of scaly mites after a couple of weeks. He came to me covered with lice and what I'm sure is scaly mites. I have never had either one of these issue's. I contacted the breeder and was told that a 4 year olds legs would look like that...because he's older! I have seen scaly mites before on some finches a friend had bought,I helped her treat them for 10 days with nothing but mineral oil.they was coated everyday. There legs cleared and that was it. I am treating this male,but with silkie feet this seems to be a losing battle. This poor bird looks like he has a underlying infection going on. The breeder has made no attempt to fix this mess or replace these birds..Not only that but the male has never even bred any of the females..OMG do I need help.Here is some pics of this poor birds feet
this was her reply (Large scales can be from age and the fact he is a big boy... The older Silkies get scales like that. ) any help would be greatly thanked. Oh and by the way these birds are nowhere near my flock
