Is this an umbilical hernia?

Adorae

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Feb 15, 2022
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This chick that hatched has a weird bump on their belly. It's not around their vent. Is there anything I can do to help, and will the chick live?

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How old is it?

Looks like an unabsorbed yolk sac.
Can you brood it by itself in a clean flat area so the sac doesn't get broken?
The chick is roughly 1 day old now, in the picture it was roughly 6 hours old.
If it's still like that when I get home this evening I will. The picture was from last night, I didn't think to check it this morning.
 
The chick is roughly 1 day old now, in the picture it was roughly 6 hours old.
If it's still like that when I get home this evening I will. The picture was from last night, I didn't think to check it this morning.
Hopefully it will have absorbed it before you get home.
 

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