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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    Oh and I used a hova-bator forced air incubator (Styrofoam) for this! Sorry someone asked above and I never answered.
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    Final Update: chick did not make it, he was peeping like crazy with the bandage on (long, sustained peeps) and seemed extremely uncomfortable. Upon removing the bandages I saw that the intestines had come out even more and there was some bleeding so I made the decision to cull (broke his neck so...
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    He is pooping, and just gave him food and water. We bandaged the opening with some ace bandage. He's peeping quite a bit and running around, wish he would just lie down and rest!
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    Okay, update: I freed the foot and it is definitely a loop, appears to be intestinal. I tried to push the loop back in (its very small) but couldn't. Currently engineering a bandage to try to wrap it up and hopefully limit his movement. He is still chirping, running around, and acting normal.
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    Any advice on how to free his foot? I'm scared to rupture whatever that thing is!
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    Here some more photos, hopefully these help! He is so active and healthy besides this defect, I would be so sad to put him down when he's so full of life.
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    *Also this is the only abnormal one to hatch the rest are fluffy, adorable, and running around the brooder happy as can be!
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    I'm going to say I used wet since I don't know what dry is! I used a forced air styrofoam incubator and kept temp between 99-100 but humidity was more interesting...I tried to keep it around 50% but I'm a teacher and was hatching in the classroom so over the weekend the humidity would drop...
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    I will post a better photo in the morning (I'm actually a teacher and these guys are living in my classroom at the moment). It definitely wraps all the way around his leg, it prevents him from walking properly too. I did some reading on other forums and found a similar story, in that case it was...
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    Problem with chick...umbilical cord?

    First of all, this website is AMAZING! This was my first time incubating and I hatched 100% of my eggs (likely because I've read these forums obsessively). Not sure if it's clear in the pictures, he was all over the place! Appears to have some kind of red membrane-ish something wrapped around...
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