Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

[dawg53]

Beekissed is correct. Nu-Stock worked great for one of my Light Brahmas nasty looking feet/legs, 2 applications is all it took and it lasts.

 

[froggiesheins]

Beekissed is correct. Nu-Stock worked great for one of my Light Brahmas nasty looking feet/legs, 2 applications is all it took and it lasts.

FOR SURE this is going in my "docktoring" medicine chest now !!!

 

[thewobsers]

AMAZING thread!!! read every post all 16 pages and have a game plan and gonna give it a try. Will let ya know what we do and how it turned out. wonder how Niftys chickens turned out anyhow?
Its always something.
thanks everyone for sharing your experiences.

 

[froggiesheins]

AMAZING thread!!!  read every post all 16 pages and have a game plan and gonna give it a try.  Will let ya know what we do and how it turned out.  wonder how Niftys chickens turned out anyhow?
Its always something.
thanks everyone for sharing your experiences.

Glad we were some help, can't wait to see how it goes......The harder you work at the beginning the faster they heal......LOL

 

[thewobsers]

Ok update,
We had a warm day drop on us, in the 60s so we moved everyone outside and washed it all down, sprayed liquid seven on all surfaces.
After it dried we dusted with diamataceous earth and put down fresh bedding. Then applied Nu Stock on the legs. So far so good. That stuff stinks pretty good by the way, but looks like it worked.
If we can only keep the sparrows out then we would be doing great.

So, that is what worked here, but it was caught early enough i think.

 

[janf1914]

I'd like to add to this thread and see if anyone has any other ideas. I am just about at my wits end. We've had a mite infestation with our little bantams for about 3 months now! I've tried just about everything. First off we bathed them in I think it was pyrethin and then dusted them with de. We sprayed the coop also. Then we dusted them with DE every few days. But we still had mites. Then I tried dusting them with the insecticide powder. Did that for a couple of weeks, but that didn't work either. We're redoing their coop so the floor was replaced and the rest thoroughly cleaned. We STILL have mites! I've now taken them out of the coop. Figured I'd let it sit for a couple of weeks and anything in it should die. Still treating the girls, but tonight I found what looks like scaly leg mites on one. So now we have both kinds of mites! I'm going to go nuts! I put vaseline on the legs (her toes really) and I'll keep doing that and see it if works. But does anyone have any other solutions as to how I can get the mites off my chickens? I'm about to give up and I'm not really enjoying raising chickens right now. Help!

Married to a wonderful, handy husband with 3 beautiful daughters and 7 silly chickens - 1 BO, 1 RIR, 1 EE, and 1 GLW., 2 OEGB's, and 1 DeAnvers

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I'd like to add to this thread and see if anyone has any other ideas. I am just about at my wits end. We've had a mite infestation with our little bantams for about 3 months now! I've tried just about everything. First off we bathed them in I think it was pyrethin and then dusted them with de. We sprayed the coop also. Then we dusted them with DE every few days. But we still had mites. Then I tried dusting them with the insecticide powder. Did that for a couple of weeks, but that didn't work either. We're redoing their coop so the floor was replaced and the rest thoroughly cleaned. We STILL have mites! I've now taken them out of the coop. Figured I'd let it sit for a couple of weeks and anything in it should die. Still treating the girls, but tonight I found what looks like scaly leg mites on one. So now we have both kinds of mites! I'm going to go nuts! I put vaseline on the legs (her toes really) and I'll keep doing that and see it if works. But does anyone have any other solutions as to how I can get the mites off my chickens? I'm about to give up and I'm not really enjoying raising chickens right now. Help!

Married to a wonderful, handy husband with 3 beautiful daughters and 7 silly chickens - 1 BO, 1 RIR, 1 EE, and 1 GLW., 2 OEGB's, and 1 DeAnvers

DE won't fix an active infestation of mites. It is a preventative at best.

Dust every 7 days until mites gone. Place chicken on ground, on back, holding onto legs with one hand. Use tied-off sock with poultry dust in it (permethrin) and dust under wings and vent area. Turn chicken over and dust the back and neck. Next chicken.

Toss all shavings in coop, including nest boxes (!). Spray coop with permethrin or other poultry-approved insecticide. You can shake dust everywhere too or instead but I like to spray the crevices of the coop to kill any red mites hiding there. That is a different mite that only comes out at night. I am presuming you are dealing with the Northern Fowl mite on the birds. Northern Fowl Mites can live for 3 weeks with no blood meal. The red mite can live 9 months with no blood meal.

For scaly leg mites, I dip each leg every day in mineral oil (veg oil will work too). Do this for at least 2 weeks because of the life cycle of the mite. This smothers the mites. I have tried bag balm but didn't get as good of results. Ivermectin pour on will work too but it is supposed to be prescribed by vet if used as insecticide because pesticide labeling laws exist. It is sold without prescription and don't overdose (!) if you use it- the dose is TINY and you must know exactly how much to give.

The scaly leg mite can attack the face too, so smearing some mineral oil over the comb and wattles is good to do. I have had to treat the scaly leg mite for longer than 2 weeks with the oil but they do eventually go back down (the leg scales) unless it is a very severe case in which case you might have to wait until the leg scales molt to see them looking better. The scaly leg mite can so destroy the legs and feet in that amputation of toes occurs and thus it must be treated - it will spread through a flock if not fixed.

***I have been there and done that with mites many times...please listen as I too have taken chicken breaks due to stress from treating mites*****

Treat every 7 days until they are gone- you might have to treat 3 times if it is a bad infestation.
Dust chickens with insecticide and toss shavings (so go very easy on the shavings until this is gone) every 7 days
Spray coop every 7 days until gone. You will probably only need to repeat this once- permethrin is supposed to last 28 days I have recently read.

Take a shower and toss clothes in plastic bag in garage (or right into washer) until you have the mites gone so as to not be annoyed with mites being brought into the home (after dealing with the chicken chores).

 

[aghiowa]

this works for me but it takes some time: first scrub the legs down with a gentle soap, next after they have dried, dip them in gasoline.(I know this seems weird but it works great.)
after that, coat them in vasoline. (don't be afraid to coat thickly.)

every other day go out at night and coat them in vasoline again. after about two of three days of vasoline, the mites should be gone.



hope you found this helpful.

 

[farmlife]

I believe my rooster also has scaly leg mites. But I think he may also have an infection because his foot is hot to the touch. The leg is swollen and he limps on it. I've been dipping in oil for 2 days and then spraying with antifungal /anti bacterial too. Will curing the mites help with the possible infection too?

 

[linart123]

Don't ever use WD-40, can be toxic due to fumes. Anvice I found online ealier today for same problem.