I am not familiar with scaly leg mite. I will have to look that up! It's nice your chickens are tame enough to treat them like that. We've never had cooperative chickens. Just crazy birds.
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I am not familiar with scaly leg mite. I will have to look that up! It's nice your chickens are tame enough to treat them like that. We've never had cooperative chickens. Just crazy birds.
Very very common thing, makes their legs look like dusty, or when it gets worse, their scales stand up and there's an encrustation. Silkies are especially prone. I didn't say that, did I - it's treatable by feeding them Ivermectin, which is out for organics.
They aren't very tame:) It's a rodeo. Once grabbed, they settle down.
Ha ha! I've participated in a few chicken rodeos, but never thought to hang that label off it. Love it!