Building a Chicken First Aid Kit
Preparing for inevitable chicken injuries is important, and is luckily easily done. Below, we will give some demonstrations of what we recommend in a Chicken First Aid Kit, comprised by Amy, who used to be a veterinary technician for many years; and Clif, who used to be a practicing paramedic and now teaches wilderness and emergency medicine full time. After that is a great infographic about how to examine a sick chicken; and then we’ll get into some of the basics of Chicken First Aid!
Here are some suggestions for a BASIC Kit:
| 1. A Fresh, Clean Towel 2. Trauma Shears 3. Tweezers 4. Aspirin 5. Tongue Depressors 6. Gauze Pads 7. Vet-Wrap 8. Triple-Antibiotic Ointment 9. Cotton Q-Tips 10. Epsom Salt |
11. Preparation H Cream 12. Cornstarch 13. Sterile Saline / Eye Wash Solution 14. Small LED Flashlight 15. Disposable Non-Latex Gloves 16. Irrigation Syringe (w/ tip) 17. Eye Dropper 18. Poultry Cell Mineral Supplements 19. CORID (Amprolium 9.6%) 20. VetRx Poultry Aid |
