Pullet has blood on comb. Advice?

[OrpingtonManor]

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Actually, it's the *caine* type pain relievers that are toxic. Neosporin with pain reliever is not a *caine*. It's pramoxine hydrochloride, and it's okay for birds. Here's a thread where speckled hen and I talked about this very thing...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2656918#p2656918 see post # 27.

 

[blbgp]

Thanks! Awesome info, but confusing.

I have two options in my medicine cabinet:

Triple Antibiotic Plus: Polymyxin B Sulfate, Bacitracin Zinc, Neomycin Sulfate, Pramoxine Hydrochloride

Neosporin Plus Pain Relief: Bacitracin Zinc, Neomycin Sulfate, Polymyxin B Sulfate, Pramoxine HCL

So, basically the same stuff but in different order. I really don't want to kill my poor chicken, is it safest to run to the store for pain-free or are these really ok?

ps - She is clean and they are all now asleep together on their roost.

 

[Bedste]

according to that post you only have to be concerned with things ending in "caine"

I would play it safe and only use things without pain reliever to be safe.


That is the awesome thing about this BYC you get to gleen from all the advice and make up your own mind and trust your gut....

This is some Chicken Tips I found from the Chicken chat website... Good LUCK

Chicken Tips
*If your chicken has a booboo, you can apply neosporin or triple antibiotic ointment, but be sure it's the kind WITHOUT pain reliever. Pain relievers that end in "caine" are toxic to your bird.

*Food Grade Diotamaceous Earth or D.E. is a wonderful multi-purpose, natural helper of chickens.
-mix it with their feed to help prevent worms
-dust them with it to prevent mites and lice
-mix it in their bedding to kill and prevent mites and lice and fleas
-mix with water to white wash coop walls that may be infested with mites or other critters
-use to kill fire ants without putting poison in your grass where your chickens might get it

*Practice Chicken Biosecurity
-have visitors hose off their feet before coming to visit your coop
-protect your flock from unseen diseases by quarantining new birds for 30 days or more - and then introduce only one of your flock to the new bird.
-set aside a pair of shoes that you wear for trips to the chicken coop that you don't wear anywhere else, and hose them off often
**Remember, we can track in all kinds of diseases from other places on our feet and clothes.