How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] emergency list

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Re: [CHICKENS-101] emergency list

Added!

Please don't stop the list! I am semi-new to chickens, only have them for 3 years and no new chicks last year, because I was in the middle of a long therapy and could not take care of them. We are getting new chicks this week and I am afraid I'm forgetting everything! lol This list is invaluable to me, at least!

Anyway, I thought there was something said, at sometime in the past, about using rubber bands to help a baby chick's legs that were not straight, maybe something else to keep it more still? That should maybe be on this list too? I couldn't find the former messages about this.

Thank you to all the experienced people on this list!

Nannette in south central PA

----- Original Message -----

From: CathrynTherese

To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:45 AM

Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] emergency list

little girl hair rubber band for splay legged new hatched chicks - tie a knot in the middle and put a loop around each leg, each loop should line up so the legs are centered right for the chick to stand, add b complex to their water with poultry vitamins measured carefully and get 2 incubator thermometers and hygrometers to avoid this problem in the future

Added light and large box or cage for chickens hospital . If no one is interested I'll stop the list, it is ok. I started making a list to help people new to chickens. We have a list in the files but medical supplies/wound treatments have changed since it was made.
horse wrap and gauze pads
antibiotic ointment (not pain free) for bumble foot mixed with a tiny drop of tea tree oil to draw out infection in bumble foot

scissors- cut away feathers from a wound or trim a beak (file beak with a file or emery board after trimming)

small needle nose pliers to pull a bleeding blood feather out or pluck feathers carefully away from a wound

light with bulb/heat lamp for a chicken hospital- suited for inside or outside temps- bird can get under or away from to support healing

olive oil- for crop bound - have also used crop bound capsules aka stool softner capsules and drug store psyllium husk capsules
*always wet a tablet or capsule before putting it into a chickens mouth because they do not make saliva like we do
children's vitamins with minerals (crushabl) used for downers/lame with b complex
b complex tablets or capsules for lameness and or curled toes - all 11 b vitamins.
horse e and selenium- to be given in very small amounts for head tucking and/or mycotoxin poisoning
worminator - for emergencies or valuable poultry -Twin City Poultry Supply kills all worms and only takes a drop or two

weak goat tube feeding kit - chickens who cannot feed on their own and have a chance of recovering-chicken on counter facing, crop on left

NuCote, a liquid bandaid. It stings for a minute but covers and seals the wound, then eventually falls off

> super glue- glue wounds together, glue broken spurs, stop a nail from bleeding again
> blue kote-kills bacteria and fungus
peroxide to boil out predator saliva and dirt, only use once or twice at the most
> blood stop and soldering gun in case the blood stop doesn't work after awhile on a broken spur or nail
> aspirin- for pain and fever baby aspirin once or twice, http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/solutions.html
> Prep H- for prolapsed vent or stuck egg reduces inflammation of tissues
> duramycin or other brand aka tetracycline aka terramycin aka chlortetracylcine use for wounds that need an antibiotic or mycoplasma infection

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/01/chicken-sick-bay-first-aid-kit-be.html

Good list.