Please help

[Faverollesarefun]

Hello, I need help in taking care of my older hen. She’s my absolute favorite and I want to help her. My flock has had scaly leg mites this fall and I can’t seem to get rid of them. I sprayed my coop with the chemical (can’t remember the name) and I’ve been using Vaseline nightly on her. Yesterday morning she was slow to get up, but still got up to eat and drink with the rest of them. Today she doesn’t want to walk. She is still eating and drinking fine, she talks to me like she always has, she just doesn’t want to walk. Her scales are still raised , but I figured it would be a slow process in healing. Am I doing anything wrong? Is there another reason why she doesn’t want to walk? I’m so sad I really don’t want to lose her. I’ll never find another chicken like her. Thank you for your help.

 

[sourland]

How old is the hen. My gut reaction is that there is something more than scaley leg mites that she is dealing with.

 

[Faverollesarefun]

How old is the hen. My gut reaction is that there is something more than scaley leg mites that she is dealing with.

She’s 7 or 8 years old. She’s seemed perfectly healthy except for the leg mites.

 

[Faverollesarefun]

She’s 7 or 8 years old. She’s seemed perfectly healthy except for the leg mites.

She’s free ranged all summer with my other chickens

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Her scales are still raised , but I figured it would be a slow process in healing. Am I doing anything wrong? Is there another reason why she doesn’t want to walk?

What breed?

Some folks soak the legs and scrub with a tooth brush.. to help remove the old raised scales and reveal new ones underneath.

Possible arthritis.. maybe coupled with the awful condition of motling?

Please describe feed routine including what type (protein/calcium %), supplements, and treats. What is your general location, are you in the US?

If she's just painful.. is it possible to see a vet and get something for pain management (usually meloxicam or metacam)? I know over the counter some folks use aspirin.. I'm under the impression that it's not a good choice for long term management.

Hope she feels better!

 

[Faverollesarefun]

What breed?

Some folks soak the legs and scrub with a tooth brush.. to help remove the old raised scales and reveal new ones underneath.

Possible arthritis.. maybe coupled with the awful condition of motling?

Please describe feed routine including what type (protein/calcium %), supplements, and treats. What is your general location, are you in the US?

If she's just painful.. is it possible to see a vet and get something for pain management (usually meloxicam or metacam)? I know over the counter some folks use aspirin.. I'm under the impression that it's not a good choice for long term management.

Hope she feels better!

She’s a Salmon Faverolles. We live on a dairy so she eats flaked corn and molasses barley soaked in milk. They also get kitchen scraps. I’m in the southeast corner of Idaho. We do have a vet, but he has no experience with chickens and I can’t get anything from him till Monday.

 

[Faverollesarefun]

What breed?

Some folks soak the legs and scrub with a tooth brush.. to help remove the old raised scales and reveal new ones underneath.

Possible arthritis.. maybe coupled with the awful condition of motling?

Please describe feed routine including what type (protein/calcium %), supplements, and treats. What is your general location, are you in the US?

If she's just painful.. is it possible to see a vet and get something for pain management (usually meloxicam or metacam)? I know over the counter some folks use aspirin.. I'm under the impression that it's not a good choice for long term management.

Hope she feels better!

How much aspirin? And how do I feed it to her?

 

[nuthatched]

She’s a Salmon Faverolles. We live on a dairy so she eats flaked corn and molasses barley soaked in milk. They also get kitchen scraps. I’m in the southeast corner of Idaho. We do have a vet, but he has no experience with chickens and I can’t get anything from him till Monday.

Do your birds eat any formulated feed? She may be suffering from nutrition deficiency.

 

[Faverollesarefun]

Do your birds eat any formulated feed? She may be suffering from nutrition deficiency.

All my flock eats the same thing, and I haven’t had a problem before. I do have some lay mash. Should I start feeding that to her?