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should i snip it??? GRAPHIC PICTURES!!!

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bturbo87

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hes seprated now, with his own food water and heat lamp, but its still pretty big and its dragging and he keeps stepping on it... should i snip it off to prevent further injury to the opening it came from???? this opening is NOT the vent!
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week old golden comet. still very active. on medicated starter plain yogurt and eggyolk. any advice on antibiotics or neoporin or anything to help it heal???
 
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There are 2 reasons you're not getting answers - one is that most of us have never seen such a thing in a chick, and two, we're busy taking Pepto Bismol to settle urpy stomachs.

Please add "Graphic Pics" to the post title.

Soooo.... the chick is a week old and on medicated feed. Is the med Amprolium, for cocci prevention? Has the chick been outside or exposed to others who have been?

Chick feed only, or any snacks?

Is this a new development or was it born this way?

If born this way, I'd cull immediately. If not, I'd still consider a cull immediately. That's a trait you do not want passed on.
 
med is Amprolium, has never been outside, and chickfeed only just brought him home today... im starting to think it was my fault. i was doing preventative against pasty butt and i thought the hard brown ball was a dropping that had gotten stuck in the down, so i was sqeezing it while running its behind under warm water, went to check and saw this and starting posting immediately. i think that the yolk was not fully obsorbed and what i thought was poo, was a little of the yolk remaining outside of the body, and i just yanked it out... i feel horrible... At this time ive snipped it, and there seemed to be no experience of pain. hes chirping up a storm since ive got him seperated. And after i snipped it i wiped with iodine, then spread on a antibiotic ointment (active.neomycin sulfate) hope that wont be a problem. made sure there was nothing with a "caine" in it. Any other suggestions... and ill remember the title change for next time sorry everyone
 
If that is his egg sack leaking due to your mashing, he should be fine as far as it healing so long as you didnt injure her on the inside.
Keep up the antibiotics, iodine and seperation in case she becomes weak.
I have seen far worse than this heal and make it to adulthood.
good luck, time will tell.
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and hold off on the culling for now!
 
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with any creature you need to give them a chance, the golden rule applies to animals as well as people- these chicks are very resilient and can survive alot with support- you take it moment by moment and learn all you can... just my thoughts on it- hang in there!
 
yep- i had to check on byc first!
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i know i had a discussion with a guy at the feed store and he wanted to know what i do with the hens that quit laying, who processes them.... finally was able to explain my thoughts- they lay faithfully for years, so let them live out their lives- not kill them- he really couldn't grasp that....

how is the little one?

now i really am shutting it down...
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Sounds like you did everything right and he should be fine. The navel will heal now that you snipped it and you really shouldn't have any more problems with it. Don't why a previous poster thought you should cull because of this.... the yolk looks like it didn't absorb all the way. It happens sometimes.
Good luck and hope he continues to do well
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Just to be clear... I snipped the glob off it's hind it... not SNIPPED it as in culled it.. Just want to be clear.. It is a big ol duck now... HUGE!!!
 

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