What's in your Chicken Doctor Bag?

[hrhta812]

I'm curious to know what folks keep on hand for emergencies...I like to be prepared, so it'd be great to hear what everyone else has.

The main things I try to always have are:

Epsom salts
Nutri Drench
VetRx
BluKote
Olive Oil

 

[casportpony]

These are some of the medications/antibiotics that I keep. With the exception of Clavamox, all can be purchased without a prescription for tropical fish or pigeons. If you need help finding any of them, let me know.

• Metronidazole (banned for use in food animals)
• Nystatin (antifungal)
• Amoxicillin
• Tylan (tylosin)
• Clavamox 250 mg
• Baytril 10% (banned for use in food animals)
• Corid (amprolium - coccistat)
• Sulmet
• Terramycin Antibiotic Ophthalmic Ointment
• Neosporin
• Safeguard wormer (fenbendazole 10%)
• Praziquantel

I also have this

• Pedialyte for tubing
• Catheter for tube feeding
• Baby bird food for tubing
• Catheter tip syringe for tube feeding
• Lactated ringers for tubing or SC fluids
• Heat lamps
• Heating Pad
• Boxes and crates
• Poultry dust
• Digital kitchen scale
• Gram scale
• Needles and syringes of many sizes
• Mineral Oil
• Petroleum Jelly
• Vet Wrap
• Raw, Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar
• Isopropyl alcohol
• Latex Gloves
• Betadine
• Epsom Salts

Books

• Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook
• AAAP Avian Disease Manual
• Diseases of Poultry
• Clinical Avian Medicine
• Penn State Poultry Health Handbook

Online poultry books:

http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/avmed/cam.html
Download the entire book (two volumes): Clinical Avian Medicine
(Large file - please allow several moments to download)

Another two book set:
http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/avmed/chapters.html

Penn State Poultry Health Handbook
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/agrs52.pdf

 

[hrhta812]

I guess I have some shopping to do! LOL That's a great list. I forgot that I did just pick up some apple cider vinegar too - that seems to come up a lot, so I plan on keeping it on hand from now on. Thanks for your input!

 

[realsis]

hi there my doctor bag includes my injectable are Baytril; Tylan 50; Liquamycin 200; my water solubles include ; Gallimycin; sulfadimethoxine; Oxytetracyclune; and neomycine; other soluables include tumeric amino acid replamin; vitamins; crop bound capsules; pro biotic;colloidal silver; vetericyn; wayzine; feeding tube and syringes; silk sutures 4.0; preparation H; corid; electrolyte; gloves; gentian violet; vet Rx; scaly leg protector; poultry protector; vita pro B; septic bleeding stop powder. peck no more lotion; levamisole wormer; recovery and growth supplement; mite prevention; and cotton gause; tape; super glue; scissors; hemostat. that's my kit so far. I've tried to cover all my bases. hope this is helpful. books on Heath include chicken disease and disorder guide; the chicken heath handbook ; chicken health for dummies; prevention and cure of poultry diseases ; Saunders handbook of veternairan drugs; and do it yourself medicine . so that's my medicine bag.