Emergency supplies and favorite online stores?

[SundownWaterfowl]

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I think the one I have now is Vit-Tal or something like that, got it at a poultry show. I also use Durvet which the TSC carry.

 

[slc]

I keep the following in a rubbermaid tub in the barn.

Scissors, nail clippers (dog), eyebrow forceps (2), tweezers, disposable scalpels, cuticle sissors

Trauma Supplies
spray bottle of peroxide
rubbing alcohol and alcohol wipes (for hands, disinfecting etc.)
rubber gloves
blood stop powder
cotton balls, swabs, sterile pads, gauze, first aid tape
packs of sterile sutures (farm supply store)
COLLOIDAL SILVER

Topical
anti-pick lotion
blue-kote
triple antibiotic cream
flea/lice shampoo
diatomaceous earth
COLLOIDAL SILVER

Oral
baby medicine syringe
elecrolyte mix
poultry drench
instant baby cereal-oatmeal (see below)
liquid baby vitamins
apple cider vinegar
probiotics
COLLOIDAL SILVER

Medications
sulmet (liquid)
duramycin or a form of Terramycin (powder)
injectable antibiotic and syringes
fishmox (turkeys-blackhead)
wazine
safeguard
COLLOIDAL SILVER

I keep medications but it has to be pretty serious before I use them. I only resort to antibiotics with important "breeders" or if it looks like something really contagious and the flock as a whole is seriously threatened.

Baby cereal can be mixed with anything you want the bird to get into them quickly or accurately and you don't want to force it down their throats.

My secret weapon is COLLOIDAL SILVER! Safe as water, unless you are a one celled bacteria, fungus or virus. A preventative for illness, and a cleaning disinfectant all-in-one. I use it to keep water sanitized. I flush wounds and watch them heal in days. Use it as an egg wash. Dip hatching eggs briefly before putting in the incubator. You can make as much as you want for free with 9volt batteries, pure .999 silver wire, and RO or distilled water, a little citric acid powder will boost and stabilize it chemically. I can't number all the uses for it. Its amazing stuff and it really works.

 

[chicknerd]

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Yeah! I was just about the ask if colloidal silver was safe for chicks. We use it and use it for the dogs, but I didn't know if it was safe for chicks. It is magical stuff. Saved my MIL's toe due to diabetes when doc said to amputate. Now he prescribes it for his diabetic patients. MY DH had two serious infections in his wrist (pseudomonas and staph) and it worked wonders when he became allergic to the antibiotics they gave him. I had to use it last week when the chicken fencing I was cutting fought back. I had never used it before but I was amazed at how quickly it helped my finger heal.

I dont make my own, but sounds like an interesting idea.

Glad to know I can use it on the chicks!!

 

[Peppermint]

Still putting my kit together

Favorite online stores for poultry supplies ???

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/ also http://www.strombergschickens.com/