Building a first aid kit

[cherrynberry]

Would you mind either responding or posting/directing us to an article for the reason for each of these please? There are a few I can't even guess the appropriate use for haha Thanks in advance!

1.) Corid, liquid corid (coccidiosis)
2.) Pain killer FREE neosporin (wound care, cannot have pain killer)
3.) Rooster Booster (I think this is like an immune booster, its my latest addition)
4.) Dewormer, I use Valbezen (To deworm my chickens)
5.) Syringe (To give meds orally)
6.) Chicken scissors (For poopy butts and wounds, to cut away the feathers near a wound)
7.) Dog crate (For sick birds )
8.) Veterycin (Wound care, its spray on)
9.) Hydrogen peroxide (Sometimes for wound care, use in moderation)
10.) Painters tape (For curled toes in chicks and quail)
11.) Tweezer (For flystrike/maggots)
12.) Flashlight (To candle eggs, check up wounds, checkup eyes, etc.)
13.) Heat Lamp (For chicks and wet hens after a bath)
14.) Weight measure (For deworming dosages)
15.) Honey (For small wounds and as an electrolyte, with some garlic, in moderation)
16.) Coconut oil (Impacted crop, cooking for birds, and for incubating eggs)
17.) Permethrin dust (mites/lice)
18.) Extra masks (Smelly chickens , may be from sour crop, and can be used for a home necropsy)
19.) Monistat 7 (Sour crop med)
20.) Vaseline (For the treatment of scaly leg mites and sometimes for poop that are stuck on feathers)
21.) Calcium citrate (egg binding, tums work as well)
22.) Chicken blow dryer (When washing birds)
23.) Chicken towel (When washing birds)
24.) Dog pads (For sick birds in a dog crate)
25.) Gloves (For dealing with vaseline, wounds, necropsy, etc.)
26.) Cotton swabs (Cleaning and applying meds on wounds)
27.) Incubator batteries (For incubation)
28.) Dish soap (For drowning maggots on a wound)

 

[ShweeB1229]

1.) Corid, liquid corid (coccidiosis)
2.) Pain killer FREE neosporin (wound care, cannot have pain killer)
3.) Rooster Booster (I think this is like an immune booster, its my latest addition)
4.) Dewormer, I use Valbezen (To deworm my chickens)
5.) Syringe (To give meds orally)
6.) Chicken scissors (For poopy butts and wounds, to cut away the feathers near a wound)
7.) Dog crate (For sick birds )
8.) Veterycin (Wound care, its spray on)
9.) Hydrogen peroxide (Sometimes for wound care, use in moderation)
10.) Painters tape (For curled toes in chicks and quail)
11.) Tweezer (For flystrike/maggots)
12.) Flashlight (To candle eggs, check up wounds, checkup eyes, etc.)
13.) Heat Lamp (For chicks and wet hens after a bath)
14.) Weight measure (For deworming dosages)
15.) Honey (For small wounds and as an electrolyte, with some garlic, in moderation)
16.) Coconut oil (Impacted crop, cooking for birds, and for incubating eggs)
17.) Permethrin dust (mites/lice)
18.) Extra masks (Smelly chickens , may be from sour crop, and can be used for a home necropsy)
19.) Monistat 7 (Sour crop med)
20.) Vaseline (For the treatment of scaly leg mites and sometimes for poop that are stuck on feathers)
21.) Calcium citrate (egg binding, tums work as well)
22.) Chicken blow dryer (When washing birds)
23.) Chicken towel (When washing birds)
24.) Dog pads (For sick birds in a dog crate)
25.) Gloves (For dealing with vaseline, wounds, necropsy, etc.)
26.) Cotton swabs (Cleaning and applying meds on wounds)
27.) Incubator batteries (For incubation)
28.) Dish soap (For drowning maggots on a wound)

Thank you!! Extremely helpful!

 

[cherrynberry]

Thank you!! Extremely helpful!

Your welcome! It would have been helpful for me if I had all of these things ready before I really needed it...

 

[ShweeB1229]

Your welcome! It would have been helpful for me if I had all of these things ready before I really needed it...

Absolutely! I'll be ordering/picking up these recos this week now that I have a solid list

 

[Sammster]

1.) Corid, liquid corid (coccidiosis)
2.) Pain killer FREE neosporin (wound care, cannot have pain killer)
3.) Rooster Booster (I think this is like an immune booster, its my latest addition)
4.) Dewormer, I use Valbezen (To deworm my chickens)
5.) Syringe (To give meds orally)
6.) Chicken scissors (For poopy butts and wounds, to cut away the feathers near a wound)
7.) Dog crate (For sick birds )
8.) Veterycin (Wound care, its spray on)
9.) Hydrogen peroxide (Sometimes for wound care, use in moderation)
10.) Painters tape (For curled toes in chicks and quail)
11.) Tweezer (For flystrike/maggots)
12.) Flashlight (To candle eggs, check up wounds, checkup eyes, etc.)
13.) Heat Lamp (For chicks and wet hens after a bath)
14.) Weight measure (For deworming dosages)
15.) Honey (For small wounds and as an electrolyte, with some garlic, in moderation)
16.) Coconut oil (Impacted crop, cooking for birds, and for incubating eggs)
17.) Permethrin dust (mites/lice)
18.) Extra masks (Smelly chickens , may be from sour crop, and can be used for a home necropsy)
19.) Monistat 7 (Sour crop med)
20.) Vaseline (For the treatment of scaly leg mites and sometimes for poop that are stuck on feathers)
21.) Calcium citrate (egg binding, tums work as well)
22.) Chicken blow dryer (When washing birds)
23.) Chicken towel (When washing birds)
24.) Dog pads (For sick birds in a dog crate)
25.) Gloves (For dealing with vaseline, wounds, necropsy, etc.)
26.) Cotton swabs (Cleaning and applying meds on wounds)
27.) Incubator batteries (For incubation)
28.) Dish soap (For drowning maggots on a wound)

So helpful, thanks!

 

[Sammster]

Yup. Tums can be good too.

Sorry for the typo!

So would you crush the tums, add water, then dose with a syringe?

 

[Painted Calls]

So would you crush the tums, add water, then dose with a syringe?

Believe it or not, crushed tums won't mix with water. They almost stay a powder that floats on the water. Break into quarters and give them a quarter straight into their mouth.

 

[Sally PB]

Flashlight

Great list and explanation, @cherrynberry !

I'd like to add "Headlamp" to this list. It keeps your hands free to do what you need to do. I also highly recommend getting one with a red light. My birds aren't lap birds and aren't used to being handled. If I have to separate one, chasing it won't work because they're fast and I'm slow. I go in at night with the headlamp red light on. They know something is there, but don't get off the roost because they can't see well enough to know where they're going.

 

[Sammster]

Believe it or not, crushed tums won't mix with water. They almost stay a powder that floats on the water. Break into quarters and give them a quarter straight into their mouth.

Thanks! Good to know

 

[Sammster]

Great list and explanation, @cherrynberry !

I'd like to add "Headlamp" to this list. It keeps your hands free to do what you need to do. I also highly recommend getting one with a red light. My birds aren't lap birds and aren't used to being handled. If I have to separate one, chasing it won't work because they're fast and I'm slow. I go in at night with the headlamp red light on. They know something is there, but don't get off the roost because they can't see well enough to know where they're going.

Thank you, Sally!