SPRAYING ROOSTS 
to control chicken mites 
If untreated, the legs and feet become distorted 
and some of the terminal joints of the feet may be 
lost. 
Control 
Soak the fowl’s feet in warm soapy water until 
scales are loosened. Then grease lower legs with 
lard containing 15 percent of sulfur (325 mesh). 
Or—Dip or paint the feet and lower legs with 
crude oil or with water emulsion containing 0.1 
percent of lindane. (Kerosene is less effective 
than crude oil.) Do not get oil on the upper legs. 
One treatment is usually enough, but if distorted 
scales are not shed within a month, repeat the 
treatment. 
DEPLUMING MITE 
Depluming mites burrow into the skin and cause 
an irritation at the base of the feathers. In try- 
ing to relieve the irritation, fowls pull out their 
feathers until they are almost naked. 
DUSTING 
to control northern fowl mites 
Control 
Make a dip containing 2 ounces of sulfur (325 
mesh) and 1 ounce of soap per gallon of water. 
Dip birds long enough to wet the feathers to the 
skin. Dip on warm days only. Repeat after 3 
or 4 weeks if necessary. 
CHIGGERS 
Chiggers that attack poultry are the same tiny 
red mites that attack man. They attach them- 
selves to the skin of poultry in clusters under the 
wings and on the back and neck. Injury is most 
severe among young fowls. 
Infested fowls become droopy and emaciated, 
and refuse to eat. Abscesses and extensive areas 
of inflammation are common. Many birds die. 
Control 
Rub one of the following substances on infested 
fowls to kill the chiggers: Sulfur ointment, kero- 
sene, lard, mineral oil, or vaseline. 
Use a good disinfectant, such as a 4-percent 
carbolic acid solution, on areas that contain pus. 
