Must have medications

[llaaadyel]

I am going to have about 15 hens soon and am trying to prepare everything that I will need. I was wondering what suggestions you might have on the must haves. Medications, wormers, etc.

Thanks
llaady

 

[jaimslee4u]

Someone posted a must have emergency kit somewhere on here bofore. Maybe I can find it.

 

[jaimslee4u]

Basic Chicken (and Bird) First Aid Kit

A plastic fishing tackle box or tool box makes a great AVIAN FIRST AID KIT.

BASIC EQUIPMENT for your avian FIRST AID KIT

*
a bird inventory, housing diagrams & care instructions [for others if you must leave suddenly in an emergency]
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Vet's telephone number taped onto First Aid Kit box in a prominent position.
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Torch (essential tool for finding injured birds which have escaped into the dark during a nocturnal predator raid).
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Scissors (for cutting bandages and trimming feathers).
* Toenail clippers
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Pliers or wire cutters for removing leg rings
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Extra Leg Rings [to mark treated birds]
* Crop tube
* Feeding syringes in various sizes
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Latex disposable gloves.
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Pet carriers for transportation to Vet
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Hospital or Quarantine cage
* Small plastic containers (eg: old photographic film containers and the like) for collecting feacal samples for testing.

EMERGENCY SUPPLIES for your avian FIRST AID KIT

* TO STOP BLEEDING [minor cuts and peck wounds, broken pin feathers, pulled nails, broken beaks]
o wound powder;
o household flour



* TO PROTECT, APPLY PRESSURE OR COVER WOUNDS OR STABILIZE FRACTURES
o first aid tape-various sizes;
o gauze pads;
o roll of stretch gauze;
o plastic strips (cut from stout plastic containers) or clean soft wooden lollipop sticks for leg splints.



* TO CLEAN WOUNDS
o cotton buds;
o small soft brush to scrub wound;
o bottle of distilled water;
o Salt water - if you want to use salt water for treatment mix a heaping teaspoon of salt in a cup of fairly warm water.
o liquid antiseptic eg. iodine, and small container for dilution purposes (this prevents contamination of full bottle). If you use a product that must be diluted, follow manufacturer's directions, concentrated products can be a problem on sensitive skin, they can debride the wound and even dissolve sutures!
o hand pump wound spray, spray from an aerosol can may drive the bacteria deeper into the wound.



* TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM EYE
o saline solution ;
o organic eye wash, drops or rinse

* ANTIBACTERIAL / ANTISEPTIC OINTMENT
o eg: Savlon, TCP, Witch Hazel
o Purple Spray such as that used on horses or farm animals.



* LUBRICANTS [for egg binding, prolapses]
o vaseline
o mineral oil
o olive oil or vegetable oil



* FLUID THEARPY FOR DEHYDRATION
o vitamins and electrolytes (human multivitamin tablets will suffice);
o Honey
o Bicarbonate of Soda (to add to water in hot weather to prevent acidosis)
o PolyAid



* NUTRITIONAL SUPPLIMENTS
o Poly-Aid



* PROBIOTICS
o Avi-Pro;
o Potent Brew



* MEDICATION FOR SHOCK
o Homeopathic Arnica
o Honey



* TO BREAK UP MUCUS OR CONGESTION
o apple cider vinegar [4 tsp per gal in water]
o Vicks vapor rub [dab on beak]

I copied and pasted this from another post so I cannot take credit.

 

[Judy]

The only things I keep are Blu-Kote and Sevin dust. Wormers expire so I buy them as needed. For first aid I use people medicine. Corid would be about the only thing I'd keep on hand, if I were in a high cocci area, which I would think this is, but I've never needed it in 4 years. I doubt I would ever give an antibiotic, except for an injury, or perhaps an older sick hen, but that would probably be penicillin, and it also needs to be fresh.