What's in your first aid kit?

Silkie2

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I was cleaning out the shed/barn earlier and found the goat first aid kit. I decided to keep some of the stuff (vetrycn, blue kote, etc.) for the birds since we don't have the goats anymore. Then I started to wonder if any of you guys had a first aid kit for your poultry and/or water fowl.
So my questions are:
Do you have a first aid kit?
What are some medicines that you consider to be must-haves?
What's in your first aid kit?

you don't have to go into great detail, just the main things that you usually use for a sick or injured bird and what you use it for.
 
I was cleaning out the shed/barn earlier and found the goat first aid kit. I decided to keep some of the stuff (vetrycn, blue kote, etc.) for the birds since we don't have the goats anymore. Then I started to wonder if any of you guys had a first aid kit for your poultry and/or water fowl.
So my questions are:
Do you have a first aid kit?
What are some medicines that you consider to be must-haves?
What's in your first aid kit?

you don't have to go into great detail, just the main things that you usually use for a sick or injured bird and what you use it for.

Do you have a first aid kit? Definitely!
What are some medicines that you consider to be must-haves? Terramycin Ophthalmic Ointment (corneal abrasions), Vetericyn Plus Wound Healing Spray (all kinds of wounds), Vetericyn Ophthalmic Gel (eye irritation), Neosporin, Clear Iodine (bumblefoot), Duramycin-10 (bought some at the end of the year to have on hand before the restrictions went into place), Corid (coccidiosis), Sav-A-Chick*, Poultry Nutri Drench*
What's in your first aid kit? Vetrap (keeping bandages on, can also be used for splay leg and angel wing treatment), hemostats, forceps, sharp scissors, gauze pads, cotton swabs

*Sav-A-Chick and Poultry Nutri Drench are electrolyte/vitamin supplements, and I also provide probiotics via fermented feed and raw vinegar in water
 
Don't mean to sound facetious but how about "smelling salts," For caregivers not the chickens. If someone is squeamish like me - blood, guts, gore can cause fainting.
 

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