What’s in your chicken first aid kit?

[GingerAndHerChicks]

I want to gather a few things and be prepared. What are some beneficial things to have in your first aid kit for the chickens?

 

[FuzzyOwlFeet]

Nutri-Drench, Blu-Kote, Gauze, small syringes, and a kitchen scale. That's all I have and all I've ever used.

 

[GingerAndHerChicks]

Nutri-Drench, Blu-Kote, Gauze, small syringes, and a kitchen scale. That's all I have and all I've ever used.

Thank you!!!! That’s a good start for me.

 

[FuzzyOwlFeet]

Thank you!!!! That’s a good start for me.

You're welcome. Some people go all out with needles and string for sewing up wounds, plastic tubes for tube feeding, and other advanced items, hopefully some of them will come tell you exactly what they have.

I forgot to mention I also have dog nail trimmers. Sometimes beaks and claws need trimmed. Corn starch can stop bleeding if you accidentally trim too far.

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

For me, Hibicens or hydrogen peroxide, Veterycin spray & triple antibiotic ointment to clean and medicate minor wounds are true necessities too. I spray blue-kote on any wounds afterward treating with the above, to keep others from pecking at it.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

I don’t really have an “official” first-aid kit, it’s mainly just things I may-or-may-not have stolen out of one of the first-aid kits in one of the cars and stuffed into the bathroom cabinet for easy access.

I’ve got:
Disposable gloves
Vetrap in two different sizes (any color will work, aside from pink or red)
Gauze
Neosporin
Betadine
Two types of tweezers
Small scissors
Q-tips
Sterile alcohol prep pads
Petroleum jelly
Moleskin tape
Dog nail clippers
Hydrogen peroxide
Rubbing alcohol
Save-a-chick electrolytes
Rooster Booster electrolytes, with vitamins and minerals
TricideNeo
Permectrin II
Poultry dust
Valbazen
Ivermectin paste

Papertowels can be useful when you’re dealing with anything really bloody, but I’ve slowly been trying to switch to an old rag.

Almost everything can be used for humans, too, aside from the tweezers and the last seven. While I’m sure some people may reuse the tweezers (after sanitizing them first, of course), mine have been used for some pretty nasty stuff, and it was a lot easier to just get a pack of three.

Edit: I forgot to mention I also have a few needle-less syringes and eyedroppers.