Medical and First Aid Kit

[JoieD]

What do you keep on hand for ill or injured chickens? I want to put together a list of things to keep in the pantry or medical bag.

 

[chickchicks]

thats a good onei would love to know this too



si far i just have basics :
vasaline
oil for foos and digestion
acv for water
nutri drops
usual first aid for humans ie plasters, pads, tape .....

there are a lotof chicken products you can buy and im hoping someone here will be able to say what they are!!!

 

[CMV]

Sulmet
Wormer
Poultry dust
DE
Bag Balm
big bottle of Betadine or peroxide
Vet Rx and Rescue remedy- useless in my opinion, but I keep them
NutriDrench/Poly-Vi-Sol
Pen G and syringes
Vet wrap, bandages, Telfa, Gauze sponges, steri-strips, Tegaderm
super glue, styptic gel, #3 suturing kit
well-honed hatchet

These are the main stays of the poultry medical kit. I have other stuff available to use as needed, but these are specifically for the birds. I hope it helps.

Good luck.

ETA- Blukote! Good gracious, how could I have forgotten my favorite product?

 

[Judy]

The only things I buy for treating chickens are BluKote, Sevin and a wormer. I don't buy the wormer til I need it to avoid so much waste. I always have things like Neosporin and Betadine for me; easy enough to steal a little for them. There's a product for horses that keeps flies off a wound that I may have to hunt down one day -- I forget the name, something like Scat. You can use regular old Neosporin in eyes, by the say.

 

[zzGypsy]

Quote:
it's called Swat - it works great.

 

[JoieD]

What about aspirin, yogurt, buttermilk? And is Pen G a good general antibiotic (works on about anything or is there another kind I should keep on hand? I live in kind of far away from the farm stores and I'd like to be prepared for just about anything, especially this winter.

 

[JoieD]

I really did do a search for this topic on the forum before I started this thread and didn't find what i needed, but when I was doing a google search for meds just now I found this thread from 2009. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=218786&p=1

 

[Imp]

Here's another thread with good info:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=210271

Imp