Scaly leg mites in your chickens

[@albacorao]

Thank you very much one more time for another very important video about our dear chickens. Best regards from Pedro in Lisbon, Portugal (on the other side of the world)😃😃😃👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@chickensinmygarden]

Hi Pedro and thank you for your comment. I hope you and your chickens are all healthy and happy. 😊🐥🐥🐥

[@karabroadbent570]

I think a footbath in warm water with neem oil and castile soap would also be effective. I did this as a bath during a yerrible mite infestation and now every month or so as a general mite preventative when the weather is warm enough.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks for sharing. Have a great day 😊

[@AngryParrotDistillery]

I can vouch for the Ivermectin treatment. Have used it for over a decade to treat leg mites, handy if you have a larger flock and want to treat them all (oiling up 40+ pairs of chook legs is time consuming! 😂 ). Usually do it in winter as well when they are off-lay anyways. Had one chook-lady tell me she used WD-40 to treat leg mites, I offered that "bonus would be that it would stop their legs squeaking too" .... I found out then that some chook ppl have no sense of humour! 🤣

[@chickensinmygarden]

Doesn't every lady want "smoooth" legs?! 😄😄

[@huzain9963]

Very good information lady 👩

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you

[@LJones-uu4xy]

Your videos are very enjoyable and informative! Is that chicken always so cooperative? You have some lovely hens.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much. Yes, pretty much all of my chickens will behave like this when handled well. Of course she did scrabble a bit when I was swivelling her around the get to the other leg, as expected 😄

[@suzannehousden1779]

I have found that diatomaceous earth for a while in their run and then wipe down with a castor oil Rosemary wash

[@garyvee6023]

What is better than Ivermectin is "Fluralaner" which is the active ingredient in Exzolt (which is just a name brand). It is "EXACTLY" the same ingredient as in "Flexolt" (10g/l fluralaner) which is the oral treatment for mites and lice in sheep and about a fifth of the price. (Just buy some off your friendly sheep farmer☺). It can be added to the chickens drinking water or (as I do) directly into the chickens mouth via an eye dropper. I use1 drop per kilo. They did tests on birds from 3 weeks old to full grown adults and went up to 5 times the recommended dose with no ill effects..., however they found after the recommended dose it was just a waste. The best part is it IS recommended for chickens and has a zero egg withholding period. (14 day meat withholding).

[@chickensinmygarden]

Yes! I know Exzolt is effective but it hasn't been available here in small enough quantities for a few chickens. But your comment has made me check again and Fluralaner is available as "Bravecto" spot on for dogs and cats. Thank you so much!

[@michellebarbour5777]

Exzolt is a wonder drug. Hopefully, red mites and scaly leg mites won't become immune to it with over use. Everyone is using it in the UK and I read many think it might be a preventative -NO! it's only a cure. Great video and very interesting comments. Thank you.

[@peterdavid2381]

Hi, in Germany the most chicken-kerpers use Ballistol oil ! It's very effective and biological newtral. I myselve use it for years very sucsessful. But it's a german product and I don't know if you can get it in New Zealand. May be via Amazon 😳 Have a good time Peter 🐓

[@chickensinmygarden]

Hi Peter 😊 From what I can see Ballistol is a mineral oil, safe for use, but not available by that name here. Maybe it's a bit like Baby Oil? It seems like a thinner oil not as thick as vaseline, right?

[@peterdavid2381]

@@chickensinmygarden yes, it's a very thin oil... Have a nice day. I'll go to sleep now, Peter 🐓😊

[@zabebebe704]

Thanks so much!!!! I have a rooster as a pet, he's 8 months old and now I adopt a little chicken, do you recommend to wash his legs every week? They live inside house

[@chickensinmygarden]

If his legs are not dirty, they probably don't need washing. But washing could be a nice way to keep him used to being handled.

[@zabebebe704]

@@chickensinmygarden thank you ☺

[@tammyevans792]

Does elector psp work? Thank you

[@chickensinmygarden]

It's not something I know much about but it seems like it would kill any mites in the chicken house but I don't think it is absorbed into the blood stream so would not reach the mites hiding in the chicken's skin.

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

I used VetRx and coconut oil after starting with epsom salt bath. Less discomfort almost immediately. Very effective and no chemicals. I do this immediately upon seeing the dark lines of each scale. I have never seen it escalte to that one photo.

[@chickensinmygarden]

No, that one photo was a very severe case from a vet website. It would take years of neglect to get that bad.

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

​@@chickensinmygardenI had no idea it could get that bad. Poor chickies.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Indeed 😒