My eldest helped me with another chicken check. We really should be doing these monthly. I read that feathers growing back in is painful and have been trying to minimize contact. We treated everyone for scaly leg mites with a essential oil ointment. Most of the chicken feet looked OK, but a few had definite lifted scales. Some have gained weight, some have lost. Taco and Tigger were the lightest and they both have the lifted scales on their feet and legs. Gail Damerow, in her chicken health book, recommends slathering the legs in petroleum jelly for a week. Taco is our hardest catch, so we’ll do what we can.