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[melly264]

I have ordered some invemectin to deal with scaly leg mite, I looked at my options and decided this was the way to go for a quick and easy treatment.

 

Question is.....my reading suggests that the mite can live in the bedding/flooring and reinfect the hens. So do you change the run floor after I've treated them, or before...... on the same day, or a day or 2 later?

 

AAAAHHHHHHH so many questions

[The Dogmother]

I'd do it the same day. If you already have an infestattion, then you'll need to dose again a week later.

 

Mine had that last year, I dosed with Ivermection (*not licenced for use on poultry in the UK*) then sprayed their legs with the Johnson's anti-mite spray (*not licenced for use on poultry in the UK*) - worked like a dream. It will take about a year for their legs to return to any semblance of normality though. Some never look right again.

[melly264]

Interesting..... I am treating them because their legs look like they may have it, but to be honest they have always looked like that! If there is no other evidence (no discharge etc) do you think that one dose as a precautionary messure would be ok?

 

It is the 2 newer ex-batts I was concerned about, the others in the same run don't seem to have any problems, but I was going to get them all at once given they are all together.

 

I am going away this weekend and am feeling the need to get this sorted before the weekend, must leave a good few hours of chicken pampering time on the calander!

[The Dogmother]

It is always worth dosing 3 times a year as a precautionary measure against lice and some mites. Be aware though that straight Ivermectin doesn't treat all mites. Northern Fowl Mites for example, need Ivomec Eprinex or spraying with Johnson's anti-mite spray *products not licenced for use on poultry in the UK*

 

If they have scaley leg mites, then they will be bothering their legs as they are itchy, the scales will be raised and they will have an exude under the scales. The legs sometimes also take on a whitish, pearly sheen.