Ever hear of this????

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Thu May 19, 2016 7:54 pm

Yesterday a chick hatched and was healthy etc. The problem was when I picked it up I see that not all the guts went back inside. I don't know if it's intestines or the yolk sac but something is hanging out of the butt. I tried to gently push it in with a wet q-tip but no go. Any idea what this is, has anyone dealt with this? I am hoping it will go in on its own but probably won't happen. I am ready to put it down so that it won't suffer. Of course this is one of my better bred chicks, ugh!

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Thu May 19, 2016 8:35 pm

If it's at the butt end, it might just be a bit of egg- white remnant, it's sometime still attached, especially if the chicks were a bit on the wet side when hatched, wait a bit, it will probably just fall off.

Post by **WLLady** » Thu May 19, 2016 9:56 pm

Leave it a couple of days its probably either the vein that connects the egg to yolk sac or a small yolk sac hernia from hatching a bit too soon. Make sure its not pecked by anyone else nd that its not bleeding any. All going well it will pull in by itself in a couple of days. Its actually quite common.

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Thu May 19, 2016 10:05 pm

Yup will probably pull back in by itself, leave it alone.

Flat Rock Farm · Post by **Flat Rock Farm** » Fri May 20, 2016 6:40 am

With the above comments