Whatever you keep in your first aid kit, make sure to check expiration dates frequently and replace items as needed. Make sure everyone in your house who is old enough understands the usage of a first aid kit and knows where to find it.
In addition to keeping a stocked first aid kit, it’s also a good idea to have a safe isolation area if any of your chickens are injured or ill. Chickens love to pick on the weakest chicken. If one of your chickens should become injured or ill, it might be a good idea to isolate it in a chicken hospital area so you can nurse it back to health in an area where no other chickens can pick on it.
The Packout 204-piece kit we used comes with 50 adhesive bandages, 5 yards of 2.5-inch adhesive tape, 25 packets of triple antibiotic ointment, 50 antiseptic towelettes, a CPR face shield with one-way valve, two burn dressings, 25 packets of burn cream, two instant cold packs, two oval eye pads, one container of eyewash, one American Red Cross Emergency First Aid Guide, 10 packets of hand sanitizer, four disposable nitrile exam gloves size large, two 4-yard rolls of 2-inch conforming gauze, 4-inch offset scissors, a two-pack of 3x3-inch sterile gauze dressing pads, a 1x18-inch tourniquet, four 5x9-inch trauma pads, two triangular bandages, six two-packs of aspirin, six two-packs of non-aspirin pain reliever, and a wall hanger with screws.
